Re: just up and died

[PlyBoyDoct@aol.com]

Here is a few things I would check.  First check the battery if its 
registering 14 amps.  If it is, then your alternator is fine.  But IMO, I 
don't think its the alternator or the battery, but an internal problem.  
Check to see if the ABS is working.  If it isn't then check the relay.  If 
all else fails, put another Batt. in and see if it would start.  If not, then 
its mech. time....=)

Jason C
89 200t10v
Redmond WA

In a message dated 5/16/99 7:32:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, leveckis@ici.net 
writes:

<< In the middle of a 5hr drive, I stopped to get some
 food (1hr by the time we fed the kids), and then to
 gas (rest area on the mass pike, so a coupla hundred
 yeards from the 1st stop....5-10min) got back in the
 car, and it was dead (a little over 8V on the guage).
 Got a jump and it started .... the ABS lite and the
 seatbelt lite were blinking in unison, so I turned
 off the ABS and the seatbelt lite stopped, too though
 it would blink on whenever I tried to open a window
 or the sunroof. I am assuming the alternator is fine
 since I was able to drive it another 2.5hrs home with
 AC on and headlites and whatever else....the car seemed
 fine while running.....I get home, turn the car off, and
 when I try to start, it is still totally dead.....
 
 what gives????? does a battery go just like that???? I
 mean one minute it starts with nothing noticeable (to
 go from eating to gas), and then next, nothing.....
 
 any insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated....
 
 Tom Leveckis
 '91 90Q20V
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