Q: HELP! BATTERY LIGHT PROBLEMS
HELP! MY 04' Chrysler 300m ran perfect besides it needing head gaskets. We replaced the head gaskets and now the battery light is on. The battery and belts r new and the alternator test good everything is plugged in correctly and after we took the alternator to get test and put it back in the car the light now gose on in off so sometimes it charges and some times it don't what could b the problem. Are we missing something?
My car has 167000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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