NikkiSwts Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 (edited) Okay so I’m going to try and explain everything quick in hopes to get some help. I have a 2007 Ford Edge. Before I got the vehicle it was sitting for 6 months previous owner stated it was the starter along with dead battery. Replaced those parts with a brand new starter and a battery from a used battery place. Battery light is on and won’t go away. Car died within 5 minutes of driving. So I did the whole jump the truck then remove the negative terminal and car died. I went ahead and got a remanufactured alternator put that in, come to find out the voltage regulator was bad so I exchanged that with another alternator remanufactured as well. Battery light is still on 🫨 I unhooked the terminals for the night don’t want to wake up to a dead battery can anyone help. Edited July 10 by NikkiSwts Misspellings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 Welcome. Â Many reports on this forum of the unreliability of the remanufactured alternators, leaving the owners with no option but a new OEM replacement. Â If you can get the car to Autozone have them test the alternator and battery - they don't charge for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiSwts Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 18 hours ago, 1004ron said: Welcome. Â Many reports on this forum of the unreliability of the remanufactured alternators, leaving the owners with no option but a new OEM replacement. Â If you can get the car to Autozone have them test the alternator and battery - they don't charge for this. Thank you for your advice I will definitely do this in the morning!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycrist Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 If I understand correctly, you removed the terminal from the battery while the vehicle was running? If so that is not the safest thing to do, especially with all of the electrics in the cars of today! Back EMF pulse and the strain on the triple diodes in the alternator and other components, lets all of the invisible smoke out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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