A friend was driving my car home from the dealership (with me following him in another) when I get a call saying the tach and speedo stopped working. We tried to make it home, but I could see his lights dimming as time passed. About 8 blocks from home, the car died.
The battery light was on at the dealership, and I'm not sure if it was on before. I just got my key programmed with my new engine/ECU/immobilizer so the car had not been running on that setup before.
We tried to boost it and it started. After we took off the booster cables, the car just died. The battery would not charge.
I replaced the alternator today and the battery light was still on. I also replaced the battery with another I had laying around the shop. This battery was known to be a working battery and was just pulled off the charger. The same thing happened, battery light stayed on.
Other lights on in the car are:
ABS light - Rear ABS sensors aren't connected, new connectors are to be soldered in tomorrow.
Brake light - ??? Related to not having rear ABS plugged in?
Battery light - Charging issue.
CEL - 4 codes pulled, all to do with the secondary air injection system which was removed. These codes have not yet been flashed out.
I just went over everything with a multimeter and I have no voltage for the B/W wire when I turn the ignition on. We tried jumping that wire to the 12V on the battery to see if we could get the light to shut off (getting the system to start charging) but that didn't work. This is the wire that goes to "ALT" which connects to my DRL and cluster. Everything else is working is as it should (expected voltages, etc.) and I have replaced the ALT fuse with a brand new one.
I am using the RS wiring and the STI alternator.
Any ideas?
The battery light was on at the dealership, and I'm not sure if it was on before. I just got my key programmed with my new engine/ECU/immobilizer so the car had not been running on that setup before.
We tried to boost it and it started. After we took off the booster cables, the car just died. The battery would not charge.
I replaced the alternator today and the battery light was still on. I also replaced the battery with another I had laying around the shop. This battery was known to be a working battery and was just pulled off the charger. The same thing happened, battery light stayed on.
Other lights on in the car are:
ABS light - Rear ABS sensors aren't connected, new connectors are to be soldered in tomorrow.
Brake light - ??? Related to not having rear ABS plugged in?
Battery light - Charging issue.
CEL - 4 codes pulled, all to do with the secondary air injection system which was removed. These codes have not yet been flashed out.
I just went over everything with a multimeter and I have no voltage for the B/W wire when I turn the ignition on. We tried jumping that wire to the 12V on the battery to see if we could get the light to shut off (getting the system to start charging) but that didn't work. This is the wire that goes to "ALT" which connects to my DRL and cluster. Everything else is working is as it should (expected voltages, etc.) and I have replaced the ALT fuse with a brand new one.
I am using the RS wiring and the STI alternator.
Any ideas?