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2003 Ford Focus Repair Question


Topics covered: Smell, Alternator, Battery.
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.
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Replied on October 26, 2011

Check if the battery wire to the alternator is shorted direct to ground

Tiny Answered by rasmataz
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