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Originally Posted by Jonnycash
Well, drove a rental car (ford focus...  ) to ga, and had 12 hours to think about it...
Turns out the cig lighter still worked, the fuse was blown in the phone charger. Fixed that and now the phone won't charge. Got a new battery and it charges fine.
I am wondering if it is possible that the alternator was over charging (bad regulator) and cooked the ecu and my cell phone battery.
Any thoughts on this... Plausible? |
Yes it is plausible. From what you say it does sound like the link has blown and the voltage has gone high, to cause some electrical damage. Did you notice, when it happened, did the headlights get very bright before they went out?
Check all the Slow Blow fuses in the under hood box. They are the small square ones, but from past posts, there may be units that may have died.
Harvey.
PS. We need an electrical modification to prevent this from damaging the electrical system, when the reg goes. John?