I was driving to the train station this morning and all of a sudden I had the red light warning flash on saying power steering failure, then 5 secs later the lights had failed and the warning message read Engine failure! <?: prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /></v:stroke></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:ulas></vath><?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shape></v:></v:shape>i was parked at this time and tried to turn the engine over, it turns over then a electrical type cracking noise to no avail, lights work everything else seems to work? any ideas on what this is how I can fix it.
Sounds very like alternator failure,pretty bad one at that.Was it the original? Did you have all lights inc front & rear fogs on at time? My atl failed as as result of having both front & rear fogs on at the same time,it was the oringinal alt & had done 68000 in 4 years (not by me).
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