Battery light stays on just put new battery in car b

Asked by GuruZFXKP Dec 01, 2017 at 06:14 AM about the 2000 Mercury Cougar

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Battery light stays on just put New
battery in car if it's the alternator how
long will battery last ?

1 Answer

40,075

not long , and you don't want a new alt. having to charge a dead batt. The batt. light is because the alt. ain't doing it's job . . I guess they should have made it an alt. light

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