Battery light

[mbechert]

Ok, here's my problem. The battery light on my truck keeps coming on while driving and flashes intermittently. The batteries and alternator are less than a year old, and it's been doing this same thing for the last month now. The batteries are keeping charged up and I have had no problems with cold starts. Does anyone have any ideas?

[symbols]

If you have the older carquest brand they had problems with that. Mine was doing the same exact thing so I changed it and no more issues....

[mbechert]

It's not a carquest brand, it's a napa alternator. Have you heard anything about them?

[SCUFFY828]

if you installed anything other than a ford motorcraft alternator this is what happens , see it all the time, replace the alternator with original equipment

[symbols]

Originally Posted by mbechert

It's not a carquest brand, it's a napa alternator. Have you heard anything about them?

No, but I never had a NAPA close to me until just recently.

Scuffy knows what he is talking about so I would try another alt...

[burmad69]

Check the small single wire that plugs in alot of times that connection gets loose causing the light to flicker. But a motorcraft alt would be my choice also.

[mbechert]

That just sucks, because I get a heck of a discount on napa parts.

[SCUFFY828]

cheaper isnt better with electrical parts , i just went thru 4 o-riellys starters , told them i wanted my money back, bought a ford one , no problems since

[mbechert]

You got a point there. Thanks for the info.