2003 Ford Focus Repair Question
Topics covered: Smell, Alternator, Battery.
Mileage: 14,000 miles.
Mileage: 14,000 miles.
Asked on October 22, 2011
Alternator smoking
Changed alternator and got a bad smell like burn smell and car lights and stereo turn off and the car won't turn over anymore. The same thing happen when we changed it the first time smelled like plastic burning smell and the car was dead.
Answer
Replied on October 26, 2011
Check if the battery wire to the alternator is shorted direct to ground