so yesterday on my way home from work, my battery light went on.
just a little while longer my headlights went off as I felt my car losing power.
eventually my car died and had it towed to my house.

this morning I decided to look into it and noticed a burning smell from the alternator.
so I disconnected it and found this :






I took the alternator to test and its fine.

I bought a new battery and still no juice. seems like I might have a short somewhere but I don't know where to start ..

any ideas ?

thanks .

I can almost guarantee that u blew the fusible link it's a 100 amp fuse in the fuse box under the hood just an FYI it doesn't pull out it bolts in so u have to remove the fuse panel from the plastic cover it's real easy tho just a couple of plastic tabs that need to be pushed out..and it should b problem solved

the harness . the 12 that connects to the alternator, that terminal u have in the picture, plug in the battery in the car, grab a volt meter and put the power to that terminal and the ground to the car, and see if the bytery voltage is actually reaching to that wire which goes to the alternator

When they tested the alternator did they only test that it output power or what it output as well? If there was a burning smell it could've been the internal voltage regulator.

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you were absolutely right ! I took the alternator to another location for testing and that was the problem. so went back for a new one and car is up and running great !

Wooo, I'm on a hot streak! Glad it was a simple enough fix.