Greetings, Toyota people. Please forgive me if I don't use the right phrases in this forum, not being a mechanical type myself, but I'm asking this question on behalf of my husband, who is not a computer type! :lol:
My old reliable 1992 Toyota Tercel has been exhibiting erratic behavior the last couple of days. It began when my husband, who drives the car to work, started it a few days ago, and the battery and brake lights came on. When he gets the car up to speed, they go off, but when he slows down, they come back on again. Still, the car ran all right until today. On the way home from work, the car started missing out. The turn signal and radio stopped working. It began to lose power until it finally died on the side of the road. It backfired once after it died.
We towed it home, where he tested the battery which showed that it had a full charge. He then pulled the battery out of the Tercel and hooked the jumper cables between the Tercel battery cables and the battery of my perfectly running van. The Tercel started right up and ran like a top, EXCEPT the battery lights and brake lights came on and stayed on.
Any ideas, suggestions, comments? Please let me know if I've left out some vital detail...as I said, I'm no mechanic, but I can ask my husband!
Thanks in advance to you all.
My old reliable 1992 Toyota Tercel has been exhibiting erratic behavior the last couple of days. It began when my husband, who drives the car to work, started it a few days ago, and the battery and brake lights came on. When he gets the car up to speed, they go off, but when he slows down, they come back on again. Still, the car ran all right until today. On the way home from work, the car started missing out. The turn signal and radio stopped working. It began to lose power until it finally died on the side of the road. It backfired once after it died.
We towed it home, where he tested the battery which showed that it had a full charge. He then pulled the battery out of the Tercel and hooked the jumper cables between the Tercel battery cables and the battery of my perfectly running van. The Tercel started right up and ran like a top, EXCEPT the battery lights and brake lights came on and stayed on.
Any ideas, suggestions, comments? Please let me know if I've left out some vital detail...as I said, I'm no mechanic, but I can ask my husband!
Thanks in advance to you all.