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2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM
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LILBIT86
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My car has a new battery,starter,alternator, and computer but is still having issues of keeping the battery charged, once the battery is dead so is the car i took car in for a dignostic they said there were no bad wires it was the computer that was bad after getting the computer still having the issues as before
Feb 13, 2012 at 12:14 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Have both battery and alternator load tested -if okay check and test the wiring also could be a short circuit causing it when it drains overnite or ?????
Feb 13, 2012 at 12:19 AM
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yes battery is brand new and ive change alternator 2 times bc when i took it in they said it was bad..and it was new :( .. the wiring is good says the place were i took it to get tested .. is it possible i could have another bad alternator???
Feb 13, 2012 at 12:23 AM
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The problem here could be the computer controlled of the alternator field generation, which is built into the computer
Feb 13, 2012 at 1:13 AM
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so does that mean a bad computer???
Feb 13, 2012 at 3:41 PM
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Sounds like it, if the wiring/battery and alternator checks out-
Feb 13, 2012 at 3:42 PM
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if it was a bad computer would it run at all ???
Feb 13, 2012 at 4:00 PM
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also the alternator is reading a .01 so that's a bad alternator right?? we have changed it 2 times this will be the 3rd time ..now so if i change the alternator and its still doing it i guess taking computer back and getting new one??
Feb 13, 2012 at 4:05 PM
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Bring it in and have the pro looked at it-before you replace the computer
Feb 13, 2012 at 10:55 PM
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Well i took it in they said altenator was bad so got a new one when i tok it in it had a new onw so they thought it was bad so it still wasnt holding charge so they did more testing and said it was computer so got a new computer and its stil havin isuse and altenator is testing bad once again
Feb 14, 2012 at 1:22 AM