And thus begins my tale of woe. If you are reading this, and or watching the video, hopefully this helps you out.
I had the original OEM car battery replaced in mid-summer in my 2006 Saturn Vue. Then jump the mid November, and while driving the red battery icon on the dash came on. I took the car to a chain garage where they tested it. The conclusion was that the alternator was bad, so I had them replace it. I picked up the car on a 50ish degree Friday. The car started with no issue and I drove it home. I didn’t drive it again until Monday, and it was in the 30s. When I started the car, the lights would all come on, then immediately everything would shut off (electrical) except the engine would still be running. If the engine was left to run, eventually all the lights would start flashing like the car was having a seizure. If I shut the car off in this state, then restart it, the car would run normal, until the next cold morning.
Took the car back to the chain garage, where they agreed to put a different alternator in. They swapped out the alternator, and I picked up the car. Guess what, the car started normal. Then next morning its cold, and the car doesn’t start correctly (no electrical, then seizure mode).
That’s when I starting looking online for solutions, and made the video of how the car starts, to prove to this garage that the car is not fixed. The garage takes the car for over 2 weeks to tell me that it is not an alternator issue. They think it’s the BCM and I need to take the car to a Dealership.
When I took the car to the dealership they tested it at the (took forever because the weather did not cooperate) alternator. When the car freaks out, it output 19 volts from the alternator. The dealership told me that the only thing that could cause this is a faulty voltage regulator. They specifically told me the BCM can’t cause this issue. I was also told by the dealership that some aftermarket alternators do not work in Saturn Vue’s. They told me they were confident that either the brand of aftermarket alternator was not compatible with the Vue, or that the garage that installed my alternator did it wrong (did not disconnect the battery) and messed up the alternator. The dealership said they would only really recommend an OEM GM alternator, but unfortunately GM no longer manufactures them. So the dealerships recommendation was for me to go back to the original garage that serviced my car and have them replace the alternator with a different manufacturers. They wrote up on the paper work that they believed it was the aftermarket alternator brand.
I then went back to the original garage, where they eye rolled and “I have been doing this for 20 years, and have never heard of anything like this” bullshit. They did however replace my alternator with a different brand. To their amazement, the car worked perfectly. I have now been driving the car for about a month and a half in the freezing cold, and have had no issues.
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The alternator that did not work in my 2006 Saturn Vue is:
Ultima - Alternator Part # 05-0600.
My car radio has started to freak out....This happened before
when the alternator was close to dying. It's been almost two years
since the alternator was replace.....god help me.....
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