Your car’s alternator keeps your battery charged and powers every electrical item in your car as the engine is running. Without it, your battery will discharge in a short time, and ultimately your car stop running.

Modern cars are heavily reliant on electricity to keep them going. The engine could keep running by itself, but the moment there is not enough voltage to produce the electrical spark for each piston the engine stop. Additionally, your car has power steering, anti-lock brakes, and possibly a motor room fire management system; all require electrical energy and cease to function once the battery goes dead.

Your car includes a red ignition warning light

This illuminates when you turn on the ignition and goes out after the engine starts. If the light stays on, or seriously when driving, this means that there’s a fault while using the charging system as well as your battery … READ MORE >>>