OK so my '99 started acting up yesterday and I'd like to get some advice from you guys.
I come to a fairly sudden stop yesterday and as I accelerate I notice "Check Gauges" light is on and I look to find my volt meter pegged at "zero"...technically 9 volts but it doesn't go below there so...
I pull over, turn the Jeep off, wait a minute and turn it back on. Cranks like normal, fires up, and volt meter goes to 14, great no problem. Drive 15 minutes to dinner.
Then after dinner the check gauges light comes back on and volt meter back at zero. I drive all the way home but I THINK my headlights were dimmer than normal. I check voltage at the battery and it reads 11.8 volts across the battery at idle. It is late and cold and I don't want to deal with it so I stick a charger on it over night.
Check battery this morning and it is 12.8 volts. Start her up and all is well. 13.8 across the battery and the gauge is showing 14. Driving to work and nothing out of the normal except that I need gas. So I stop get some gas and when I start her back up gauge reads 12 volts! WTF? I continue driving to work and all of a sudden the gauge drops and light comes back on!
So WTF? Is this just the alternator going out or is it something more annoying?
I come to a fairly sudden stop yesterday and as I accelerate I notice "Check Gauges" light is on and I look to find my volt meter pegged at "zero"...technically 9 volts but it doesn't go below there so...
I pull over, turn the Jeep off, wait a minute and turn it back on. Cranks like normal, fires up, and volt meter goes to 14, great no problem. Drive 15 minutes to dinner.
Then after dinner the check gauges light comes back on and volt meter back at zero. I drive all the way home but I THINK my headlights were dimmer than normal. I check voltage at the battery and it reads 11.8 volts across the battery at idle. It is late and cold and I don't want to deal with it so I stick a charger on it over night.
Check battery this morning and it is 12.8 volts. Start her up and all is well. 13.8 across the battery and the gauge is showing 14. Driving to work and nothing out of the normal except that I need gas. So I stop get some gas and when I start her back up gauge reads 12 volts! WTF? I continue driving to work and all of a sudden the gauge drops and light comes back on!
So WTF? Is this just the alternator going out or is it something more annoying?