Two weeks ago my 2005 Ford Escape had the battery light go on while driving, shortly thereafter the ABS light came on, all gauges went to 0 and the radio turned off. The mechanic found that the alternator carried full expected charge and attributed the problem to a dead battery. Now, my battery light is going on again while driving. Before I spend tons of money, anyone know what the problem is?
My 2002 Ford
Escape had a similar issue later in 2006. My alternator died and I needed replacement. After replacing, the light would come on and off at times. When everything running (i.e. radio
, air conditioner, driving lights) and tocuh electric windows up the power would lower and sometimes battery light on dashboard would come up. Original mechanic could find out what was going on and I lived for 2-3 years with it.
This past August 2009 after a long trip (i.e. 8 hours or so) my battery died. Brought to a auto parts place and they determined it was the baterry and the alternator. Since I was back on my home town I went to a good friend that is a mechanic and he fixed it for real.
He had a similar issue with three different Escapes coming back with alternator or baterry or both death. He found out that Ford has an official report for Escapes that when this happens the electric fan behind the radiator are short circuiting, affect direclty the baterry and alternator killing them, and needs replacement.
Try this and may work for you.
Did you replace the battery? Could be the diode pack in the alternator or a loose drive belt.
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