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#48 of 57 Altima Alternator Problem by akmalco

Feb 09, 2010 (1:54 pm)

Nissan Altima 1997, 140000 miles, 3 month age i changed my alternator for remanufactured alternator from Autozone. I have problem with my alternator (I guess). When i'm driving my car with heat, CD player, wipers and headlights on headlights starts going darker and suddenly goes very light and dies. It happening even when i'm driving only with headlights on, also when i'm acceleration its contributing to the problem..
I observed that its happening with dashboard too.. Headlights and dashboard lights suddenly going dark and light.. I changed my headlights 3 times!Sometimes while i'm driving "Brake", "Open door" and other lights flashing.
IS IT BECAUSE OF ALTERNATOR??? Because mechanic checked fuses, battery and other electrical things and said they are ok..
 
Thank you for responds..
 
Akmal

#49 of 57 Dashboard lights randomly go off by kembeau

Feb 23, 2010 (12:45 pm)

98 Nissan Altima - dashboard lights go off randomly with no pattern. You can be driving on the highway, street or sitting still and they will go off for a few seconds and then come back on. This has been going on for about 3 mos. I've taken it to CarMax, where I got it, and they want to duplicate it, but it won't while they have it! They did a diagnostic, finally, and the battery, alternator and starter all check out fine. Last week, my daughter came back out to her car and it wouldn't start. It didn't make any sound, no clicking even, so we called a tow truck. When he came, it started. I don't know if that's related, but there it is. Can anyone help us figure out how to fix the car?

#50 of 57 Re: Glove box light was cut now no interior lights work [joebatavia06] by motonation

Feb 23, 2010 (7:09 pm)

Replying to: joebatavia06 (Nov 12, 2009 4:44 am)
Are you sure all of the fuses are ok? I ask because my Integra is wired such that the parking/running/tailights and instrument panel lights share a common fuse. When your instrument panel lights go out, you instantly know that you don't have any tailights either.
 
Just happened to me the other day; a small wiring glitch and a fuse fixed me right up.

#51 of 57 Re: Fuse box diagram, under dash [heyyou3] by stepdime

Mar 07, 2010 (8:59 am)

Replying to: heyyou3 (Apr 02, 2009 1:06 pm)
try here
 
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?f- romSearchPage=true&pageId=0996b43f80381f41&partName=Horn&partId=0996b43f80381f41-

#52 of 57 Re: Altima Alternator Problem [akmalco] by deewright

May 03, 2010 (9:12 pm)

Replying to: akmalco (Feb 09, 2010 1:54 pm)
I don't have a solution except that I have a 97 altima with about 157K miles and my dashboard went dark this past Sunday. I mean car just completely died at a stop light, the warning I got hours earlier were, brake and battery and air bag lights came on. And then nothing, the accelearation slowed down and then stalled.
 
 So my mechanic checks it out and tells me that the alternator needs to be fixed or replaced and needs a new computer because the alternator wore it down, I guess? So end result, when I get the car, he tells me he's replaced the computer and rewired the alternator into the computer. I replaced my alternator last about 4 years ago in 2006 at a Sears tire shop.
He charged me $500 for parts and labor for the replacement computor. I plan to call him to verify if he kept the same alternator in the car. I hope to not have this problem again for a while, yet as I talk to people with older similar vehicles (Pontiac grand prix, et) the samething happens as well.
I just want to know if this is something that I need to anticipate happening every now and again??

#53 of 57 Re: Altima Alternator Problem [deewright] by skinsfan3

May 04, 2010 (7:58 pm)

Replying to: deewright (May 03, 2010 9:12 pm)
I hope that you are not one of those unlucky people that inadvertently somehow managed to hit the dashboard light dimmer (hard to find on some later altima models.Refer to the owner's manual.

#54 of 57 2002 Nissan Altima - Potential Electrical Problem?? by torresar

Sep 08, 2010 (6:39 am)

Hello All,
         I've owned this 2002 Nissan Altima since 2005, it's been a great car. I've done all the oil changes and tune-ups as required, but recently I've driven the car a few times and while i'm driving the car seems to lose power. It starts slowing down even while i'm pressing on the accelerator and then accelerates by itself when i'm not pressing the accelerator. Is this an electrical problem?? Sometimes I've had to pull-off the road because the car has totaly stopped. I've had to park the car for safety reasons, I'm hoping someone has had a similiar experience and can tell me what going on!!! Thanks.

#55 of 57 potential electrical problem by skinsfan3

Sep 08, 2010 (9:42 am)

Has you mileage per gallon dropped. I know people who don't know how to shift from 3rd to drive. It sounds like that could be happening. I own a 2003 Altima and hate the shift controls.

#56 of 57 Re: Dashboard lights randomly go off [kembeau] by zaphod2

Oct 01, 2011 (1:23 pm)

Replying to: kembeau (Feb 23, 2010 12:45 pm)
Did you figure this out? My 98 does exactly the same thing. The engine doesn't seem to vary at all, just the lights.

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