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'99 Ram "check gages" light ??? #1706065 12/02/14 08:24 PM 12/02/14 08:24 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,871 Ontario, Canada S Stanton OP Don't question me!
Stanton OP Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,871 Ontario, Canada	I have a '99 Ram 5.2l. The "check gages" light came on and I noticed the voltmeter was around 12v. I made a stop and turned the engine off. When I started it up the light was out and the gauge was normal at 14v. After a while it came back on and the meter dropped to 12v again. Would this indicate a bad battery or bad alternator ??

Re: '99 Ram "check gages" light ??? [Re: Stanton] #1706066 12/02/14 10:35 PM 12/02/14 10:35 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,543 chicagoland,usa B buildanother I Live Here
buildanother I Live Here B Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,543 chicagoland,usa	You should probably check it when it does it, with a voltmeter at the battery. It may be lying about the no charging. My 01 durango did that in pouring rain on a trip to the Nats from Chi. It kept charging the whole time. I figured some lame connection someplace that was compromised by rainwater. Next time I started it, all was well, and it never did it again for years.

Re: '99 Ram "check gages" light ??? [Re: buildanother] #1706067 12/02/14 11:30 PM 12/02/14 11:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,896 St. Louis, MO Blues_Cuda master
Blues_Cuda master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,896 St. Louis, MO	It was the batteries in my 04 2500 Ram when it happened to me last year.

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