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Old 06-22-2012
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help with pulsing dash light

when i'm in neutral my entire dash light pulses (gets dim than brighter than dim etc). anyone experience this? it's not my battery or alternator because it's been going on for a couple of weeks now. any help would be great thanks in advance
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Re: help with pulsing dash light

Check your belt, that runs the alternator and check the connection that goes to the back of the alternator.
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Re: help with pulsing dash light

Don't rule out your alternator just because it's keeping the battery charged. Reman alternators new out of the box often don't put out enough at an idle to keep this from happening. Do you headlights do it too?
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Re: help with pulsing dash light

yeah my headlight does it tooo.
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Re: help with pulsing dash light

Buy a new, not re-manufactured alternator. My car started doing this to when I replaced the alternator with a cheap re-man unit.
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