No acceleration, Will an alternator, not outputting enough amps cause this?

Asked by John Nov 20, 2020 at 12:55 PM about the 2004 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer V6 AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Will an alternator that is not pushing enough amps, make the engine not
accelerate when the accelerator is pushed?

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Carpentar answered 4 years ago

Newer cars ARE very sensitive to voltage and amp output and can mess w modules and computer as there are a lot in newer fords, my wifes windstar is one of these. Surging is usually changes in fuel pressure so it is possible, but I would use an advanced scanner on it to see what the voltage is doing in real time cold and hot and loadtest to see whats going on. I would suggest cheapest first fuel filter first. And test fuel pressure.

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