Q: Charging system

asked by on December 01, 2017

while driving the abs light came on followed by that the power steering light came on with hard to steer wheel followed by all the dash lights coming on losing power. pulled over turned car off tried to restart it wouldn't start after waiting 10-15 it started back up but the power steering light came on when turning the wheel it acted as if it didn't want to go to the right. 2006 chevy malibu v6 3.5

My car has 196696 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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