So I’ve been reading a bunch of posts on alternator failures and I’m pretty sure that is what happened to me but looking for confirmation before I got talk to a mechanic/dealer.
I have an 06 LC with a dual battery setup. It has 175,00 miles. I have a front and rear light bar and some side lights which are run by a switch pro. Also a fridge but it was off but still plugged in.
Today we drove out to a nature reserve that is about 30 mins away. We went in to pay for the day pass and the truck was off for about 5 mins. It ran perfectly fine the whole way there. As we walked back to to the LC we could smell something that like electrical burning but couldn’t tel where it came from. When I started it up I noticed a ticking sound coming from the engine so I opened the hood. It sounded like it was coming from the fan but there was nothing in it upon inspection.
The belt was tight and in good shape. We decided to head home because we didn’t want to get stuck on the trail. About 5 minutes down the road the nav screen shut off and then restarted then shut off for good. I started to get random lights like the VSC and ABS. About this time the fridge alarm for low voltage went off and when I checked the scan gauge I had about 8.5 volts. About 5 minutes later the car died and wouldn’t restart. I tried jumping it and could get the windows to roll up (wanted to lock it up for the night) but the car would not turn over it would just click click click.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have an 06 LC with a dual battery setup. It has 175,00 miles. I have a front and rear light bar and some side lights which are run by a switch pro. Also a fridge but it was off but still plugged in.
Today we drove out to a nature reserve that is about 30 mins away. We went in to pay for the day pass and the truck was off for about 5 mins. It ran perfectly fine the whole way there. As we walked back to to the LC we could smell something that like electrical burning but couldn’t tel where it came from. When I started it up I noticed a ticking sound coming from the engine so I opened the hood. It sounded like it was coming from the fan but there was nothing in it upon inspection.
The belt was tight and in good shape. We decided to head home because we didn’t want to get stuck on the trail. About 5 minutes down the road the nav screen shut off and then restarted then shut off for good. I started to get random lights like the VSC and ABS. About this time the fridge alarm for low voltage went off and when I checked the scan gauge I had about 8.5 volts. About 5 minutes later the car died and wouldn’t restart. I tried jumping it and could get the windows to roll up (wanted to lock it up for the night) but the car would not turn over it would just click click click.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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