Date: 09 Nov 1999 02:33:49 GMT From: saab85900nopsamcom (Saab85900) Subject: Re: Alternator problem?
>The 91 Saab 9000 manual says that the >idiot light will come on if the alternator is not delivering charging >power. Friend says that you can't trust idiot lights...in general, they >only come on if the things not working at all, not just if its under-delivering a charge. Can't tell you about the 9000, but have had two cases in 900s where the ground wire bfoke internally (couldn't see it in casual exam). The atlernator wouldn't charge, but there was no indication on the dashboard. About drove me nuts, and puzzled the techs at first. dick in Falls Church