TonyWV
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- fairmont WV
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 03 Ford Explorer LTD
so i have a weird problem with my 2003 4.0 explorer while driving the other day out of the blue i got a check charging system warning light and beep and then shortly after i lost all dash lights, my stereo and speedometer etc but motor kept running as normal !! i pulled over let the engine idle for a while but still no power but engine still functioned as normal .
i turned off the motor and obviously it wouldn't restart and everything was dead, i opened the hood twiddled with the wires on the alternator and battery tried to start again this time i got dash lights stereo and dials for a few seconds then they died again, i immediately tried again and this time i got lights and everything but clicking too because the battery didn't have enough power to start the motor !
so my friend came and jumped started me and it started first time and the battery gauge was right where it was supposed to be i let it idle for a few minutes and then turned it off, i immediately tried to start it again and it started fine so again i let it idle for a few then turned it off again and it started again on its own no problem battery gauge still fine .
i drove it to my local advance autos who tested everything for me and said my alternator was running very well but my battery was shot !! so they replaced it for me .
now the next few days was trouble free driving until guess what the same thing has happened again except this time i saw it coming on the last 10 minutes of my journey i watched the battery gauge slowly getting lower and lower until it all died again , but again motor still was running fine !! now its sitting there and once again my dash lights are back etc but only clicking but the jump start worked and car is functioning as it should battery meter is right where it should be and car sems to have no problem !!
so please if anyone has any ideas what might be causing this then please give me some insight !1
i turned off the motor and obviously it wouldn't restart and everything was dead, i opened the hood twiddled with the wires on the alternator and battery tried to start again this time i got dash lights stereo and dials for a few seconds then they died again, i immediately tried again and this time i got lights and everything but clicking too because the battery didn't have enough power to start the motor !
so my friend came and jumped started me and it started first time and the battery gauge was right where it was supposed to be i let it idle for a few minutes and then turned it off, i immediately tried to start it again and it started fine so again i let it idle for a few then turned it off again and it started again on its own no problem battery gauge still fine .
i drove it to my local advance autos who tested everything for me and said my alternator was running very well but my battery was shot !! so they replaced it for me .
now the next few days was trouble free driving until guess what the same thing has happened again except this time i saw it coming on the last 10 minutes of my journey i watched the battery gauge slowly getting lower and lower until it all died again , but again motor still was running fine !! now its sitting there and once again my dash lights are back etc but only clicking but the jump start worked and car is functioning as it should battery meter is right where it should be and car sems to have no problem !!
so please if anyone has any ideas what might be causing this then please give me some insight !1