If Any of you with failed Alts could answer this question I would be indebted.
As I HOPE everybody knows, the Battery on a Murano is the old fashioned ADD WATER type.
I am amazed (Perhaps I just don't remember from back in the day!) at how much water (and how often) this battery requires.
I'm now checking (and adding distelled water) once a month.
So, is there any chance that some have ran this battery dry (water needs to be above the plates in each cell) and the plates have shorted, knocking out the Alt!
I note that at least on some occasions. the battery has had to be replaced also.
If the Alt has just stopped charging, the battery will run down, but that is no reason it would have to be replaced.
Of course it is always possible that the Voltage Regulator (Usually internal to the Alternator these days) has gone bad and the Alternator is actually Overcharging and frying the battery........
If we had decent instrumentation on the Murano we could tell if this was happening........
Have you checked YOUR battery this month?
Homer
As I HOPE everybody knows, the Battery on a Murano is the old fashioned ADD WATER type.
I am amazed (Perhaps I just don't remember from back in the day!) at how much water (and how often) this battery requires.
I'm now checking (and adding distelled water) once a month.
So, is there any chance that some have ran this battery dry (water needs to be above the plates in each cell) and the plates have shorted, knocking out the Alt!
I note that at least on some occasions. the battery has had to be replaced also.
If the Alt has just stopped charging, the battery will run down, but that is no reason it would have to be replaced.
Of course it is always possible that the Voltage Regulator (Usually internal to the Alternator these days) has gone bad and the Alternator is actually Overcharging and frying the battery........
If we had decent instrumentation on the Murano we could tell if this was happening........
Have you checked YOUR battery this month?
Homer