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Battery charge (alt) light flashing occasionally..... S70 1998

I noticed this once or twice before in my new-to-me '98 S70 T5M. The battery (charge) light flashed when the car was cold and at low revs. This morning was colder then it's been lately (~1C) and the light flashed on probably 5-7 times as I was driving out my road (all under 2500 RPM and 35 kph). It would only come on for a spilt second and then go out again (yes I'm positive it was the red charge light). Also I noticed the climate control fan seemed to be going up and down in speed (on auto setting). I don't know if this was just the auto climate control or if there was a voltage drop or something. The lights were on, the climate control was on, driver's heated seat and stereo. Anyway, obviously I haven't done any testing yet, but I've read here that it's unlikely it's the alt and maybe a battery cable? Or maybe it's just some sort of fluke. As a note; Since I bought the car it doesn't get driven every day. I drove the V90 yesterday and the S70 just sat in the driveway if that means anything. Anyway, thanks in advance for any insight!

PS - The car has just over 112K km on it and the battery is a Volvo one which appears only to be a year or two old.
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Chris. Halifax N.S. '98 V90 > 206K km, '94 964 > 102K mi, '97 855 GLT > 271K km. SOLD: '91 745T and '91 745 NA (I miss both of them!).






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New Battery charge (alt) light flashing occasionally..... [S70][1998]
posted by  CW  on Wed May 23 03:14 CST 2007 >


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