Q: Vehicle lost power when driving then wouldnt start
While driving yesterday i noticed the battery light was lit up on my dash. Then last night when driving I tried to turn on my seat warmers and my navi screen went completely black then my vehicle seened to have lost all power. I pulled over and then tried to restart it but it wouldn't start up. I went back later to try to jump it so i could get it home and it started up without being jumped but then died again. I then jumped the battery, which by the way the battery is only 6 months old. It started up and I drove it around the corner to my house but it didnt even appear that my headlights were on. If they were on at all then they must have been very dim. Does it sound like its my alternator?
My car has 182000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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