Your car's battery light is something you should never ignore. Here's how long you can safely keep driving (on average) once ...

Your car won't start for the second day in a row. You ask your neighbor for a jump (again) and head off to work — late, of course. You come to the conclusion that it has to be the battery or the ...

A common problem exists when driving automotive alternators via motors. In the process of attempting to regulate the charging voltage of a low battery, the alternator shaft torque usually exceeds the ...

It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s raining. Your reach down and flip on the fog lights. They help but not that much. So you power up the light bar. Yup! That’s the ticket. The stereo is cranked up and life is ...

What are the signs of a failing alternator? How do I differentiate between a battery problem and an alternator problem? Every car has a red “alternator” or car battery symbol in the instrument panel ...

Even after changing out the battery and alternator at a neighborhood shop, the truck’s battery continued to fail. Something’s afoot with the other components involved in the system that charges the ...

For the most part, it’s simple. Your car or truck has a battery, it supplies electricity to the bits that need it, and that’s all you care about. Until something goes wrong or you want to do something ...

The alternator is not a complex piece of machinery, yet it’s an integral part of conventionally fueled vehicles’ electrical systems, and like all car parts, it will ultimately break down. Here are the ...

I read a recent reply of yours to a Honda CR-V owner whose stop/start isn't working, where you advised a new battery. We recently bought a 2013 CR-V with a 12 month warranty from a main dealer and the ...

VDC Electronics is now offering its BatteryMINDer, BACT model 12104, battery and alternator condition tester as a separate retail product from its line of pulse-mode battery chargers, maintainers and ...

One of my customers brought his 1965 Mustang back to me citing a problem with the charging system. He said that after four days, even with a trickle charger on the battery, the system would be low and ...