I wanted to start off by saying that I am new to this forum and I am no expert on cars but I do like to save money by doing things myself. I have a 2001 Lx470 with 193k miles on it. I have had no trouble with there car since I bought it 4 years ago until today. The battery light illuminated right before I returned home. I shut the car off then attempted to turn the car back on to see if the light was still lit. The engine did not try to turnover at all. I had my roommate jump the battery and my car turned on just fine. then, when I took the charging wires off the battery my car slowly began to turn off.
I understand that this is an alternator problem but I was doing some research on this website and saw that I could save money by replacing the brushes instead of the entire alternator. Can someone help me figure out if my alternator is toast or will brush replacement fix my issue?
I understand that this is an alternator problem but I was doing some research on this website and saw that I could save money by replacing the brushes instead of the entire alternator. Can someone help me figure out if my alternator is toast or will brush replacement fix my issue?
