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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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Hi All,

I have a 2000 Bonneville and all the lights(dash, interior, headlights) pulse up and down when the outside lights(headlights and tail lights) are on. There are short periods of time when they dont pulse but most of the time if the headlights are on its doing it.

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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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battery or alt going bad...

take off the alt and bring it to autozone and have them test it...

new batteries go under the back seat and are rather expensive.. $100 for mine
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 12:46 PM
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Thanks I will do that. Also i have the fuel gauge problem(dosnt read below half tank) that i have been reading up on in this forum and it sounds like my light problem has nothing to do with fuel gauge problem.
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Old Jan 31, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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I do have a volt gauge on the dash and it is running two clicks past the 14 volt mark
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:53 PM
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My car just started doin that the other day....it'* only done it a coupla times, but its pulsing every now and then....and my volts are a t 14.2. I dunno whats goin on.
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
new batteries go under the back seat and are rather expensive.. $100 for mine
Mine cost me $130; where did you get yours?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Now that mine is doing it more often I can watch the gauge drop down below 14 and back up to 14.2+ I had AutoZone check the alternator while it was on the car and they think it’* the voltage regulator in the alternator.
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Awhit003
Originally Posted by harofreak00
new batteries go under the back seat and are rather expensive.. $100 for mine
Mine cost me $130; where did you get yours?
autozone... duralast
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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The problem was the alternator. Thanks for the help
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