Possible bad alternator for '01 Maxima?

Dooma67 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 02:52 AM

I have a 2001 Nissan Maxima with 239,000 miles on it. Recently, I noticed that it will sometimes idle rough when I first start it, as if it wants to die, but it never does and it smooths out as the car warms up. Also, I noticed that my power windows go up a lot slower than they used to. Then, today while I was out and about, after the car had been sitting for about an hour, I went to start it and it did nothing, but all the lights came on. I turned the key to off and tried it again and it started as normal. I believe these are signs of my alternator going bad, especially since it's the original one. Would anyone else agree?

sergey85 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 10:02 PM

that maybe the culprit autozone or advance auto can test the alternator for you. and if it is bad make sure u bench test the one they give u so u wont have to do it twice and test the battery while u are at the store too.clean the terminals on the battery and make sure they connectors are secured tightly. with the high miles if u havent had a tune up, i suggest u do one.