vaporlocked Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Good Evening Everybody, Before I go into detail of the alternator failure I just want to give a prequel to the story. We are in the process of purchasing our 2009 Edge Ltd. AWD, but it had alot of issues so we decided to get it fixed before the deal is finalized. My dad knows someone that owns a battle creek ford dealership on the other side of Michigan. On Thursday we exchanged for one of their dealership cars, which happened to be a 2008 Ltd. FWD, literally identical to our car. The car had 40000ish miles and was an alright car. So yesterday, Friday THE 13TH, im driving with a friend and notice the battery light goes on. I look in the owners manual and saw the recharging system was messed up. But I decided it would be okay. I drive maybe 80 yards and my friends and I all hear this very loud noise from alternator. Pop the hood and it sounds terrible right by the alternator. Almost like a squeak, smelled smoky too. We decide to drive to a guy named Marcus' house because he knows alot about cars. We show up and he agrees the alternator is fried, and asked if I have been flooring it alot. I saw a little, but no not really cause we only had the car for 2 days. My friends and I leave and are pulling out of marcus neighborhood. We are pulling out onto basically a stretch of road that converts into highway, so I give it 3/4 throttle. All the electronics die, lights off, but car is running. We go back to marcus' and it dies there. It died there last night and got towed out this morning, we couldnt even recharge the battery to roll up a window. Anybody know what could be happening? Its just a huge bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete K Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Good Evening Everybody, Before I go into detail of the alternator failure I just want to give a prequel to the story. We are in the process of purchasing our 2009 Edge Ltd. AWD, but it had alot of issues so we decided to get it fixed before the deal is finalized. My dad knows someone that owns a battle creek ford dealership on the other side of Michigan. On Thursday we exchanged for one of their dealership cars, which happened to be a 2008 Ltd. FWD, literally identical to our car. The car had 40000ish miles and was an alright car. So yesterday, Friday THE 13TH, im driving with a friend and notice the battery light goes on. I look in the owners manual and saw the recharging system was messed up. But I decided it would be okay. I drive maybe 80 yards and my friends and I all hear this very loud noise from alternator. Pop the hood and it sounds terrible right by the alternator. Almost like a squeak, smelled smoky too. We decide to drive to a guy named Marcus' house because he knows alot about cars. We show up and he agrees the alternator is fried, and asked if I have been flooring it alot. I saw a little, but no not really cause we only had the car for 2 days. My friends and I leave and are pulling out of marcus neighborhood. We are pulling out onto basically a stretch of road that converts into highway, so I give it 3/4 throttle. All the electronics die, lights off, but car is running. We go back to marcus' and it dies there. It died there last night and got towed out this morning, we couldnt even recharge the battery to roll up a window. Anybody know what could be happening? Its just a huge bummer. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck, it's a duck. You have a bad alternator. Replace it, and the belt, and enjoy the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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