01 Pontiac grand am

Asked by Daniel Jan 17, 2019 at 11:59 AM about the 2001 Pontiac Grand Am SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2001 Pontiac Grand Am 2.4 l I changed the
alternator and the battery the car started at a
squealing noise went down the road and it died I
started it again and when I put it in gear it died now
it won't start

3 Answers

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Belt could be the squealing. Did you change the battery after changing the alternator? If not you could have an alternator trying too hard to run car and charge a too low battery. This is important to change or completely charge battery at the time of starting car after an alternator change. You can ruin new alternator with this scenario. Completely charge is by industry standard 28 hour slow charge provided old alternator didn’t render it bad like a dead cell or two.

22,670

Car dying could also be something not related to battery and alternator. Crankshaft or camshaft sensor? Weak or dead fuel pump? Many possibilities

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