Q: My truck's battery volts keep dropping and I can't accelerate
I have a 1996 chevy pickup 5.7 k1500 the past couple of weeks i would be driving and all of a sudden my battery volts would drop to around 8v and i couldn t accelerate past 1500rpms... if i kept it under it it slowly cruise up to 60 but thats only if i kept it under 1500rpms it does it like twice a week just randomly then after a bit it would stop and the truck would run like it never happened im thinking it might be my alternator but im not sure any ideas will be appreciated
My car has 188000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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