droot Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 My soon to be wife after her graduation from in 2002 bought a brand new mazda pro 5 it now has 60k on it and has been a good little car. It is now having some problems. Today we drove a block down the street and the car just shut off I jump the car and we drove it over to autozone tested the battery and it was dead. Ok 60k that's not to bad so we bought a new battery installed the battery jump the car and it was fine until we turned on the lights and the car just shut off. I check the fuses nothing broke there, any idea's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 alternator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDELUNA Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Jump the car again, let it run then while it is running take one of the leads off the battery. If the car dies, then it is the alternator. Hope this helps. God Bless :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanfbi Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 dood, disconnecting the battery while the car is running kills alternator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDELUNA Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 dood, disconnecting the battery while the car is running kills alternator.Nope. If the alternator is fine, the car will still run. God Bless :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Alternator or voltage regulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick. Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Alternator or voltage regulator.so you bought a new battery, drove down the street and turned the light on and it died immediately?if so, that sounds like some sort of grounding problem. A new battery should last for a while before dying even if the alternator or voltage regulator is shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droot Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 well fella's I had it towed today and it came back the alternator is shot after 60k my chick put a call into the Mazda corp. office and they open a case to extend the warrenty hopefully they will come through for her at any rate when I told her that my moms 940 that has 240k on it and never had to replace the altenator she is think of volvo in a whole new light. Needless to say this could be the last mazda she ever ownes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEXC Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 well fella's I had it towed today and it came back the alternator is shot after 60k my chick put a call into the Mazda corp. office and they open a case to extend the warrenty hopefully they will come through for her at any rate when I told her that my moms 940 that has 240k on it and never had to replace the altenator she is think of volvo in a whole new light. Needless to say this could be the last mazda she ever ownesIt's a 3 year old car, shit happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunks850R Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 It's a 3 year old car, shit happens.yeah thats what im sayin, after 3 years and 60k, if all you get is a bad alternator, your doing pretty good. i was about to have a rear end put in my wifes explorer till she totalled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Really, those little P5s are good cars for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Really, those little P5s are good cars for the money.no they'er not! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 no they'er not! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllSwedeNoSpeed Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 It's a 3 year old car, stuff happens.its made by ford. when you drive a ford you know stuff doesnt just happen. you choose for it to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Actually, Mazda goes its own way as much, or more than, Volvo does, as it's only 1/3 owned by FoMoCo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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