Q: The battery light comes on and the brake light comes on the dashboard lights go off the car starts to drive weird the gas hand goe

asked by on October 21, 2017

My battery light comes on and my brake light the dashboard lights go off the gas hand go to E the car starts to drive weird and then it just cuts off while I'm driving and wouldn't crank back up I just put a brand new alternator on there two weeks ago
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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