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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:27 PM
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I know this doesn't have to do with an f150 but I have a 2001 sunfire that has been acting weird. Everytime I give it acceleration the lights on the car dim
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:28 PM
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Ground problem check ur ground wires
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:32 PM
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Ground problem check ur ground wires

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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ibd23_brothers
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What's so funny about that
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 10:39 PM
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What's so funny about that
I think he is referiing that everyone who posts an electrical problem is replied with , "it's the ground".
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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ibd2328
I think he is referiing that everyone who posts an electrical problem is replied with , "it's the ground".
Seems that u.have said something about everything I post stay out of my way I.have spell check on my phone so it has a mind of its own
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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 09:31 AM
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Ground problem check ur ground wires
This doesn't make any sense. How does spinning the engine up, cause the grounds to lose connection. Unless you were driving down a bumpy road all the time and the wires were constantly being bumped. A more likely culprit is your alternator is losing voltage when you spin it up. So if your alternator is putting out ~14 volts at idle, your headlights are happy. But if your alternator is losing that voltage when it spins up, you'll be reverting to ~12 volts, or whatever the battery has in it. Which will cause them to dim.

I would start by checking that. Just my guess.
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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by TLB4
This doesn't make any sense. How does spinning the engine up, cause the grounds to lose connection. Unless you were driving down a bumpy road all the time and the wires were constantly being bumped. A more likely culprit is your alternator is losing voltage when you spin it up. So if your alternator is putting out ~14 volts at idle, your headlights are happy. But if your alternator is losing that voltage when it spins up, you'll be reverting to ~12 volts, or whatever the battery has in it. Which will cause them to dim.

I would start by checking that. Just my guess.
Ur ground will heat up if its loose
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Old Jan 29, 2014 | 11:45 AM
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I guess I should have told you this. Alternator and battery are good. Had them tested at an auto parts store. While I had the alternator off I replaced the belt thinking that might help and I have never changed it. But as you can tell the belt was a no go but the car needed one anyways. I thought the exact same thing. I was like it's got to be an alternator but I'll test it before I spend a 120 bucks
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