mike2002
03-13-2005, 10:22 AM
i just noticed this the other day. if im driving say 50mph and i let off the gas, the rpms slowly drop and drop, get below 1000rpm and the lights get dimmer then it continues to drop to about 500 rpm, lights get really really dim, then it jumps up to about 1100rpm, then back down, then up, back and forth untill i give it gas. when i do get the car stopped, it seems to idle fine, steady 800rpms, sometimes it fluctuates, but not really. also, the lights dim really bad with music, even when the sound system down. its not a big system, its a 800rms amp running 600 watts tops, and thats including the interior speakers (5 channel amp)
is this the alternator going bad? it seems like its getting worse, today comming home it was really bad, the lights got really dark, i thought it was going to stall. even with the radio and foglights off, it still did it.
the day before yesterday i was slowing to go into a turn, and the car actually stalled.
is this the alternator going bad? it seems like its getting worse, today comming home it was really bad, the lights got really dark, i thought it was going to stall. even with the radio and foglights off, it still did it.
the day before yesterday i was slowing to go into a turn, and the car actually stalled.