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2000 Lincoln ls battery light on after new battery?

my car died on my way to school so after a bit of trouble getting it back home i took the battery to go get it tested and they told my it was a bad battery so i bought a new one and put it on thinking i had fixed it, my car turned on like normal and i don't notice any of the lights on my dash dimming like before but my battery light does come on mostly when i come to stops on stop signs or red lights but go's away when i start going again what could this mean also the battery i bought is the same voltage and everything like the one before but its a little smaller in size but im pretty sure ive secured it on there nice and tight because it came with things you can put on to fill in the extra space and ive put on the wires back to so i dont know what to do

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  • 8 years ago
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    Check your alternator. It might not producing enough power to charge the battery.

  • 5 years ago

    This is a component of the developed passive anti-theft. Your key has a specific code in it that has to be mainly programmed by using an auto store in order that men and women can't simply make a replica. In case you try to begin the auto and the engine doesn't discover the code from the important thing it will think that you are trying to "steal" your automobile with a fake key. It'll then cut off the gas pump so your vehicle are not able to start. You will absolutely ought to take it to a vendor to have a brand new key made, or you could attempt to use an extra key you probably have one. As for the honking and flashing lights, that's your vehicle alarm going off considering of the detected "false" key.

  • 8 years ago

    Bad alternator, have it tested to verify. A bad battery will not make the car stall.

  • 8 years ago

    Your alternator is going bad

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