1998 Cadillac Eldorado

Asked by sarina Oct 27, 2020 at 01:56 PM about the 1998 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Cadillac Eldorado 1998. Good battery brand new lifetime warranty on the
alternator,  When driving ir the lights start going wacky and then it powers down
and there nothing. Jump it drive it for a bit park it, it might start it might not.
Drive it again lights go wacky again but this time it wont start but still have lights
, like it didn't go completely dead. Jump it and made it home it started  but did
the same thing.      Do u think it could be the computer chip or perhaps i don't
have a strong enough battery as it has been very very cold here.

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TDolby answered 4 years ago

Did you purchase a remanufactured alternator? Those can fail very quickly, even out of the box they are bad. Drive the car back to the auto part store and have them test it.

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sarina answered 4 years ago

Do u mean like when they put it on one of there testing things exp: Oreillys? Yes i brought it there battery and alternator both showed good.IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I DONT HAVE A BIG ENOUGH BATTERY? IVE HAD IT TO A COUPLE OF SHOPS AND ONE FOUND A BURNT WIRE TO THE ALTERNATOR AND IT WAS REPLACED ANOTHER SHOP WAS LOOKING FOR A INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER BUT COULDN'T LOCATE ONE SO AFTER A MONTH I TOOK THE CAR ELSEWHERE AND THE LAST ONE GOT ME A PRO RATED ORIGINAL PRICED BATTERY FROM ORIELLYS AND IT RAN GREAT NO PROBLEMS AND THEN WHEN IT GOT COL HERE IN THE UPPER PENISULA

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sarina answered 4 years ago

charged the battery and tighten the cables started up and so far so good. Will see what happens

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