Hello,

We just bought a 01 MPV with 48k miles on it (Bought it Fri)  Saturday,
the car died in the driveway and wouldn't start (dead battery).  The
battery appeared to be newer, but I thought may be it is just a bad
battery.  I bought a new one put it in and started right up.  

This morning (on the way to Memorial day parade) car died in drive thru @
McDonalds and wouldn't restart... This time had to have it towed because
after someone jumped it, it died again.

Got it home checked the charging voltage- there is none!  No wonder it was
dying- it ran off the battery while driving.  It seems that it came right
off the dealer lot that way too.  

I didn't get a warning light on the dash... Why not?  Also, I didn't get
my repair manual yet so is it hard to change it out?

I am going back to the dealer on this (at least to cover the cost of the
alternator) since on the sticker it indicated that it was good (and here
in WI we have pretty stringint remedy laws that a dealer is liable for).

Anything else that could cause the the no charging other than the
alternator?

Thanks