My battery light keeps coming on, what should I do?

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Asked by TuffMicGruff Mar 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM about the 2004 Dodge Stratus R/T Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I replaced the battery about a year
ago and put a new alternator belt on
within the past month and just had
an alternator installed and the battery
light still comes on and my odometer
flashes in and out.

7 Answers

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You might need a new belt tensioner to keep the belt tight. Put a meter on the battery with the engine running. You should see 14-14.5 volts if the alternator is healthy.

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that's a weird symptom ,but these cars are weird with the way they operate things . so you covered all the bases on the charging circuit you would think, well order up a battery temp. sensor as that's part of the system, if it has anything to do with the odom. flash ,id like to know for further research ,maybe voltage spikes thru sensitive circuit .only explanation .

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It has a manual tensioner and the belts still tight, the battery light would come on before I replaced the alternator and now it comes on more then before and I recently started noticing the flickering of the odometer

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The odometer flickers a little then when the battery light comes on it gets worse

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Battery light comes on when I start the car goes off then come back on is it the alternator or the battery 2000 Dodge Stratus

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I'm having the Bat. Light problem too! 2002 Status 2.4 DOHC. I think it might be caused by a loose or broken Ground Strap. Mine is broken, and is located on the Passenger side Shock Tower. It's supposed to connect to the rear Eng. Block or Head. It may also be a loose or worn Relay, but I haven't check that yet. When I did the "Key Code Check", I got Two Conflicting Codes... I got codes that say; "Too much voltage to Bat." And next; "Too Little voltage to Bat." Very strange! Not sure what the code # is at this moment, but I think they were; 1494 and 1495.

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