The brake and battery light come up together while I drive on random occasions. I cannot figure out what the hell is wrong... I pretty much came down to the conclusion that it is an electrical gremlin.

I checked my brake fluid reservoir, lines, pads, brakes, everything checks out.
The alternator works fine as it provides power to all my electronics and the engine with out a hitch.
The battery is fine as the car has no starting problem and starts up from first crank every time.

The ONLY thing I notice is that when these two lights come up, the car idles at 750 RPM, otherwise it'd idle at 650 RPM.

What. The. Fwak.

 

Crap - so I started the car, then disconnected the battery and the car died.

So - are the max's supposed to die when batteries are disconnected - or am I **** out of luck?

 

Get a load test done on the charging system at autozone. And check the ALT fuse next to the batt as well.

Just saw your post, your alt is dead/dieing.

 

:sigh:

Are the kragen alternators any good? They have an autolite one for 150 with lifetime warranty.

 

Aren't the greatest but I too am using a rebuilt autozone alternator and it hasnt died on me yet in 2-3 years. Knock on wood

 

My battery light and E brake light have been comming on randomly for the last 2-3 months!!!

Just go with it man!! haha, I am on my 5th alt... Fricken Stereo's!

 

WEll, gonna get a new alternator done today... and then... sadly... craigslist... :cry: