NorCalFJ100
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Hey everyone, I searched and didn't see any definitive information here.
I have a 99 4runner that I have not been driving much. Sometimes it sits for a week or more...even then it might only be 20 minutes that I drive it. This has been the last 18 months.
This last few weeks it's been down in the 40's at night. I noticed the last few times I started it, the battery light would come on. A few weeks ago I drove it about 20 minutes on the highway and during that drive it turned off.
Battery is also within 1 year old.
I finally got around to testing the battery today after I started it...Battery was low. Current to the battery was not at 13+V when the truck was on either. I put on the trickle charger and then took the truck for a drive for 30 minutes once the battery was charged. Came home and tested the battery while truck was on and it was at the 13+V it needed to be at.
Do you think from the long periods of sitting that has something to do with my issue or is this a sign of the alternator going out?
Thanks everyone!!!!
I have a 99 4runner that I have not been driving much. Sometimes it sits for a week or more...even then it might only be 20 minutes that I drive it. This has been the last 18 months.
This last few weeks it's been down in the 40's at night. I noticed the last few times I started it, the battery light would come on. A few weeks ago I drove it about 20 minutes on the highway and during that drive it turned off.
Battery is also within 1 year old.
I finally got around to testing the battery today after I started it...Battery was low. Current to the battery was not at 13+V when the truck was on either. I put on the trickle charger and then took the truck for a drive for 30 minutes once the battery was charged. Came home and tested the battery while truck was on and it was at the 13+V it needed to be at.
Do you think from the long periods of sitting that has something to do with my issue or is this a sign of the alternator going out?
Thanks everyone!!!!