Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Hi guys.
I know that there's a lot of topics about this (seems like a commom issue for Hondas) but, i swear, i've read MOST of them and never got a solution.
I own a 99 Civic sedan LX, automatic, 106.300km (~62k miles) and my battery light very often comes back back to haunt me.
What i made, recently, by recently I mean, this week (i've rode 100km with the car after the service, which, before the service the battery light was already blinking), I've replaced ALL the belts, and the brushes of my alternator got repaired (changed), in fact, it looked like the problem was solved, but today, driving around the city, she's back on my dashboard.
He's charging correctly and the only thing I could appoint is that my battery has already 3 years, but the car starts fine every morning, no problems with that too.
Also, I see no corrosion in any grounds, neither the battery, nothing seems out of place.
So, here is my last resource. What could be my problem now?
Thanks in advance.
I know that there's a lot of topics about this (seems like a commom issue for Hondas) but, i swear, i've read MOST of them and never got a solution.
I own a 99 Civic sedan LX, automatic, 106.300km (~62k miles) and my battery light very often comes back back to haunt me.
What i made, recently, by recently I mean, this week (i've rode 100km with the car after the service, which, before the service the battery light was already blinking), I've replaced ALL the belts, and the brushes of my alternator got repaired (changed), in fact, it looked like the problem was solved, but today, driving around the city, she's back on my dashboard.
He's charging correctly and the only thing I could appoint is that my battery has already 3 years, but the car starts fine every morning, no problems with that too.
Also, I see no corrosion in any grounds, neither the battery, nothing seems out of place.
So, here is my last resource. What could be my problem now?
Thanks in advance.
re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Put a volt meter on the battery and see if the voltage is normal when the light is flickering. That way we know if there is an actual problem, or if the car just thinks there’s a problem.
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re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Get the car so the battery warning light is staying on
Unplug the 4 wire connector from the alternator
If the warning light then is off, the alternator is bad.
Unplug the 4 wire connector from the alternator
If the warning light then is off, the alternator is bad.
re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
But that's exactly the problem. If blinks at random places, at random hours and random conditions for no more than 2 seconds. It's impossible for me to stop the car and try to diagnose it while driving.
And stopped the light never blinkered.
And stopped the light never blinkered.
re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Get something like this then:
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Samsu...WS53W5HJRAHW6H
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Samsu...WS53W5HJRAHW6H
re: Blinking/Flashing battery light [SOLVED]
Here's the update after some time and turned it out that the problem were the voltage regulator (the part which is at the back of the alternator).
Replaced it and no more battery light on my dash, plus, my dashboard lights and headlights now are static, before if you looked at it closely you'd see that they were kind of "oscilatting".
Edit: I, at a cold morning, got a multimeter and measured it right after i started the car. That time the light were blinking and my alternator were charging from 14,7V ~ 16.3V, that's what got me directly to the voltage regulator.
If some admin see this, please add the tag [Solved] to it, please.
Replaced it and no more battery light on my dash, plus, my dashboard lights and headlights now are static, before if you looked at it closely you'd see that they were kind of "oscilatting".
Edit: I, at a cold morning, got a multimeter and measured it right after i started the car. That time the light were blinking and my alternator were charging from 14,7V ~ 16.3V, that's what got me directly to the voltage regulator.
If some admin see this, please add the tag [Solved] to it, please.
Last edited by FearWRX; Aug 5, 2018 at 01:23 AM. Reason: solution of my problem
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