No warning light for alternator failure?

lukernie55 · 03-08-2013, 04:13 PM

so i bought my car from this used car dealership and the car had a problem where it wouldn't start and went completely dead. so i took it to them to get fixed and they said it was the alternator.

But the thing is, wouldn't a warning light go off to signify something is wrong with the car? at least the low battery charge light? cause im thinking if a light is supposed to go on, and it doesn't then there is a problem bigger than the alternator

Tom K. · 03-08-2013, 06:45 PM

Is this a BMW dealer? The problem could also be the IBS or a worn out battery.

Tom

nate5ks · 03-09-2013, 01:46 PM

I had just about every light but the battery charge light come on when my alternator went. DSC light, brake light, radio dead, no AC, all kinds of stuff then the engine died.

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lukernie55 New Member 0 Rep 18 Posts Drives: 2006 bmw 325xi Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	No warning light for alternator failure? so i bought my car from this used car dealership and the car had a problem where it wouldn't start and went completely dead. so i took it to them to get fixed and they said it was the alternator. But the thing is, wouldn't a warning light go off to signify something is wrong with the car? at least the low battery charge light? cause im thinking if a light is supposed to go on, and it doesn't then there is a problem bigger than the alternator
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Tom K. Major General 125 Rep 5,626 Posts Drives: '07 328iT, '13 Boxster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Is this a BMW dealer? The problem could also be the IBS or a worn out battery. Tom
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nate5ks Captain 35 Rep 648 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 330xi Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL iTrader: (0)	I had just about every light but the battery charge light come on when my alternator went. DSC light, brake light, radio dead, no AC, all kinds of stuff then the engine died.
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