Low volts

Asked by Stuntman13 Dec 18, 2017 at 04:25 PM about the 2002 Buick Park Avenue FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2002 Buick park avenue. Recently my car died. It
had low volts. When I went to pull over my abs light and my
security light came on. My low voltage light was on the
whole time. When I stopped the rpm went to 2,100 and
stayed. It would not go any lower. I shut the car off and
tried to restart it. When I did that it acted like a dead
battery. 30 minutes later it started right up. I was able to
drive it home. The next day it did the same thing. I think it
might be the alternator because when it is running and you
disconnect the battery it would die.

2 Answers

34,280

sounds like your on the right track,take it to your local part store they can run a battery and charging system test for you, usually at no charge. what your describing sounds like a alternator issue.

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38,885

it's not a good idea to disconnect a batt. terminal when the car is running , make sure the batt, is charged so that a new alternator doesn't have to do it ,

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