Alternator light on 2001 Grand Caravan...

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> "Toller" <Toller.TakeThisOut@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> My wife says the "battery light" went on while she was driving, so she
> drove
>> the 5 miles to get home with it on.
>> I started it up a few hours later and all was normal.
>>
>> What kind of problem do I have? It was raining very hard; maybe the belt
>> got wet and was slipping?
>>
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> it could have been a number of things, was the check engine lite on? If it
> were the belt slipping you may want to have the tensioned checked out, and
> the charging system.
>
She didn't mention the check engine light being on, but who knows if she
would have noticed.
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"Toller" <Toller RemoveThis @Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My wife says the "battery light" went on while she was driving, so she
> drove the 5 miles to get home with it on.
> I started it up a few hours later and all was normal.
>
> What kind of problem do I have? It was raining very hard; maybe the belt
> got wet and was slipping?
Might be something as simple (and transient) as splashing water up onto the
alternator. (I used to have a 65 Galaxy that would stall if I hit a deep
puddle, and then start right up again as soon as the water dripped off.) Too
many manufacturers fail to consider this when they're deciding where to put
the alternator -- for anyone living where it rains it ought to be placed
higher up...
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