So my 97 is having an endless downward spiral of electrical issues. When I first picked it up the cabin over head lights didn't work. I checked all fuses, harnesses, door switches, and wires and found nothing wrong. Within a few months the 12volt cig plug on the dash stopped working. About a year later the stereo quit working and now the clock cuts in and out. My power seats and windows are getting slower and slower like I have some huge load from something 100% of the time. The last few weeks I can see the volt gauge on the dash is struggling to even get up to the middle line. Today I was in a drive thru getting lunch and the car started to shutter. I looked down at the dash and saw the low volt red sensor light on. Within a few seconds the car died. I had to push it out of the drive thru and then got a jump. I had to keep the rpms up the entire drive home or it would die. At red lights I tossed it in nuetral and kept my foot on the gas. The battery was replaced with a Costco battery a few months back. As I was pulling into my driveway I heard what I think was the alternator making a whining noise. The alternator was replaced with a non-denso unit about a year before I bought this 80 which means it's about 3 years old and has about 15k on it. Should I just toss on a new alternator or should I look for something else? I have never had an alternator take such a slow painful death. The ones that have failed on me with other vehicles in the past died rather quickly.