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I checked the battery and it was good. The battery light is somewhat misleading.

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To find out why your battery light is on you should test the charging system.

Chevy battery light stays on. How to test the chevrolet charging system. Although the charging system is working producing 13 4 volts now my battery light stays on and message reads check charging system. I checked the alternator which was bad producing less than 4 volts.

When the truck is on the light completely goes away it only comes on when i turn truck off even when key is off the ignition. Red battery light staying on. Poor ground connection s blown fuse.

My battery light is dimmly lit when the vehicle is turned off. I replace battery since it was 5 1 2 years old. It s my arm chair internet opinion that your original problem ignition switch malfunction causing odo and battery light to stay on after switch is turned off lock has caused or accelerated your battery issue now.

If your chevrolet battery light is on your chevrolet won t start or the battery will not charge the problem could be due to. I replaced it with a rebuilt alternator producing maximum 13 4 volts and it fixed the charging problem. Have your alternator tested first.

Chevrolet stalls or is hard to start. Jan 03 2015 1 42pm doing some initial research the regulator in the alternator could be starting to go. No other light stays on but the red battery light on the message center.

And or possibly one of the batteries has a weak or bad cell. Did not solve problem. I did disconnect the battery with engine running engine quit after about 10 seconds.

Battery keeps on dying. When engine is started light turns off and on. If you replace it recharge your battery before you drive it so the new alternator doesn t have to work so hard.

Bad alternator bad battery. Low battery warning on dic. Voltage gauge read a little over 14 volts.

Hey all i am a proud owner of a 2002 chevy s10 6cyl vortec. It is really saying your battery is going to be fully discharged pretty soon because the alternator is not working. It was not doing this before the switch was changed.

I am the original owner and have about 165k miles on the truck.