my brakes are fine and i just bought a brand new battery but the warning lights are on in the dash what could be the problem ?

 

your alternator is DEAD, replace ASAP, your car is running off the batery. go to autozone and get an alternator. it cost me 200 after the core. you get a lifetime warrenty on it too.
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would that make the brake light come on also?its not just the battery light ,the brake light is on also?

 

That is the setup. A diode in your meter cluster ties the brake and battery/charge lamp come on together whenever the charge lamp is trigerred.

 

so does this mean its definitely the altenator?

 

It means that the alternator is triggering the lamp, so most likely yes.

Take it to Autozone, etc for a quick & free test. I'd do it soon. You could only last a few hours off the battery, not very long if you run your A/C, system, headlights, etc.

 

my brake light randomly comes on, i hope it's not that...


g'luck fixing yours.

 

Its the alternator, mine flickered on and of for both lights. Then it stayed on steady. Then the car died 4 hours later. SUCKS to be stuck in RI when im from brooklyn. Got my shop to replace it with a HIGH OUTPUT for $180.

 

ok i depended on u guys,just got back from auto zone the only thing wrong with the car is a knock sensor,it costs 163 ,which i ll gladly pay

 

knock sensor has nothing to do with ur brake/battery light. look at hte fuse for hte alternator under hte hood, its in hte fuse box next ot the battery

 

It's your alternator. Find someone with a Passport 8500 radar detector and have them put it on the voltage meter function. Most likely it will read far below the normal 13-13.5V. I knew my alternator was bad because my Passport was reading under 11 volts.

 

better do the swap quick, i got stranded like a few feet before the highway entrance at avis rent a car, my lights were on for about 3 days before the battery went dead

 

i hear what u guys are saying about the altenator but i took it to autozone and the only thing that came up wrong was the altenator

 

thats because the altenator charges the battery..

think of an altenator as your cell phone charger.. if leave your charger at your mother-in-law's house .. you have x amount of time before you can't use the phone anymore. When the cell phone battery does die, its not the battery is bad, it just needs to be charged. So yes the altenator is the only thing thats bad.. because its not charging the battery.

 

i owe u all an apology it WAS the altenator in the shop as we speak costing me a hefty 488 dollars but everybody on here was right thanks