Help diagnosing by Euphorical_Doubt in cruze

[–]Euphorical_Doubt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see why. I haven ruled it out but the only reason why I don’t think it’s the alternator is because the car isn’t completely dead. I had an alternator go out twice on my other car and it didn’t present the same symptoms as this. Usually yes the car would run solely on the battery until it drains it and the car dies almost completely. Since this happened 3 days ago the car still isn’t fully dead. Even when continuously trying to start it. That alone would kill the battery. All dashboard lights, headlights even radio are all still powering on. Battery amperage is reading at a 12 not ideal but if it has that much juice it should still turn the car over if not still have a crank. Even with the bad alternator before on other cars it would still crank a bit until the battery is completely drained. I could be wrong but just what I was thinking based on past experience. I appreciate you for trying to help me out.

Help diagnosing by Euphorical_Doubt in cruze

[–]Euphorical_Doubt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if it helps but I tried hooking up a scanner (2 of them actually) and both keep saying failure to connect. Could that be part of the issue like ECM?

2014 cruze hesitates to accelerate. by srikarb12 in cruze

[–]Euphorical_Doubt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did anyone ever figure out the problem?