Q: Truck won't stay running
The battery kept dying and it would die really quick. I parked it and the truck died. So i replaced the alternator. I jumped it and let it run for a couple of minutes when I came back to it none of the gauges worked and neither did any other controls on the instrument panel. The lights on the instrument panels wouldn't work either. It started to idle down so I gave it throttle and would die without any throttle. The only way it would stay running is if I constantly gave it throttle. I let it die and then The lights came on on the instrument panel. Now the headlights won't turn off and it won't start do to a bad battery.
My car has 197000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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