My battery died last Friday. The car jump starts and runs okay, but seemed to struggle a little after a fresh jumpstart. Seems like the dead battery might have pulled the voltage down a bit. ( six volts after a starting attempt) Yay for fancy drive by wire steering. I would get some steering wheel stutter. After fifteens minutes, all ran fine, just wouldn't start without a jump again.
So I measured 13.5 without AC or high beams, 13.4 with everything I could turn in on the car. Seems okay to me. I would rather see 13.8, but it is not far off, within 10%.
One Toyota dealer says it is the alternator, and would not replace the battery, without doing the alternator. I got fed up, and dropped in a new Interstate battery from Costco. Car runs and starts fine now. It is under warranty for another 150 miles, so it almost seems worth letting them replace it, whether it needs it or not.
What is the best Toyota warranty repair shop within about 25 miles of Millersville, and do I even really need an alternator?
So I measured 13.5 without AC or high beams, 13.4 with everything I could turn in on the car. Seems okay to me. I would rather see 13.8, but it is not far off, within 10%.
One Toyota dealer says it is the alternator, and would not replace the battery, without doing the alternator. I got fed up, and dropped in a new Interstate battery from Costco. Car runs and starts fine now. It is under warranty for another 150 miles, so it almost seems worth letting them replace it, whether it needs it or not.
What is the best Toyota warranty repair shop within about 25 miles of Millersville, and do I even really need an alternator?