Electrical problem
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
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.
I would start by checking that. Just my guess.
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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.
I would start by checking that. Just my guess.
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

