Q: I just had my alternator fixed and when driving this morning during daylight my headlights where on turn off and interior brighten
Hello,
My alternator was just fixed recently, this morning while i was driving my car my exterior light was on then would turn off and my interior light was brighten and it did it like 5 times while i was driving. car was driving fine, no dashboard lights coming on while driving. Im just really concerned. Please help.
My car has 759623 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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