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lorenzo.guidolin@gmail.com - 29 May 2005 07:20 GMT

Just FYI. I bought a new RSX 2005 3 weeks ago. The car as 2000 miles. I
am running on hte freeway and the light of hte battery went off, signal
that the alternator is not recharging the battery.
I stopped the car when i got to my destination, but kept the engine on.
The car died after 10 minutes. Jump start would start the car but then
the car would not keep on.
What is going on? anybody had problem like htat?
This is a brand new 2005 RSX. This is a safety issue, big time. I was
not in a safe place.

Acura are know for quality? My car is new 2000 miles, this is a big
issue, alternator does not work. anybody had the same ?

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TeGGeR® - 30 May 2005 12:36 GMT

> Just FYI. I bought a new RSX 2005 3 weeks ago. The car as 2000 miles. I
> am running on hte freeway and the light of hte battery went off, signal
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> Acura are know for quality? My car is new 2000 miles, this is a big
> issue, alternator does not work. anybody had the same ?

Parts do fail you know, and occasionally they are even defective. That is
why you have a warranty. If cars were absolutely perfect, no warranty would
be offered.

Let the dealer fix it. That's their job here.

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Michael Pardee - 30 May 2005 17:58 GMT

>> Just FYI. I bought a new RSX 2005 3 weeks ago. The car as 2000 miles. I
>> am running on hte freeway and the light of hte battery went off, signal
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>
> Let the dealer fix it. That's their job here.

And don't assume the car is going to be trouble. Your car happened to get a
bad alternator; it could as easily have been the next car in line that got
it. When they put a new alternator in you are as well off as if it had not
failed.

Mike

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Jim Yanik - 31 May 2005 00:46 GMT

>>> Just FYI. I bought a new RSX 2005 3 weeks ago. The car as 2000
>>> miles. I am running on hte freeway and the light of hte battery went
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
> Mike

When dealing with electronics,its common to have "infant failures".
That's why companies spend so much on component "burn-in",to weed out as
much of them as practical.

Semiconductors can have microscopic flaws that allow them to work for a
while,then fail,without the flaws being detectable during manufacturing.
Even electrostatic discharge(ESD) can damage diodes in an alternator.
For a person to feel an ESD,the voltage has to be over 2000 volts,usually a
lot more than that.

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