Re: Faintly glowing battery and oxs lights

[Pat Young <xdice@mindspring.net>]

On Sat, Mar 06, 1999, Pat Young <xdice@mindspring.net> quoth:
> While driving home from TN the other night, I was surprised to see the
> battery and oxs lights pop on, faintly.  hey stay on constantly, regardless
> of engine rpm (except ONCE, I took the car up to 95 mph, and they blinked
> off for a moment, then came back on - been on since.)
> 
> It's an 87 Scirocco 8v, no AC.  Any ideas what this might be?  If it's a
> faulty alternator, I can replace that easily enough (lifetime warranty),
> but the alternator is barely 8 weeks old..
> 
> Again, any/all ideas would be helpful. :-)
> 
> Thanks a bunch!
> -pat
> (Stuck at work on yet another beautiful Saturday.)

One thing I forgot to add - I don't know how old the battery is, it was in
the car when I bought it last year, and I've not changed it out - perhaps
it's part of the problem(?).

-Pat

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