Q: Battery light comes on and off.

asked by on February 24, 2017

Battery light comes on and off intermittily..Power steering seems to go away and come back. Went to a parts store they put a load tester on it..Charging system seems ok. Any ideas?

My car has 82500 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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