Is this a wiring problem

Asked by tnettlet May 20, 2016 at 05:32 PM about the 2009 Chevrolet Impala LTZ FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Turned car on , no fan motor , or air conditioner and temperature reading was
3 dashes . Drove car a couple miles car seemed to dog turned car off and
back on and it worked fine . Stopped car later took keys out and opened door
and radio started playing .... What up

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I had a car do that an it turnrf out to be the main brain computer i hadto actually call the factory what happened was the alt went out on a trip to work so i stopped at a psrts store an they sold me the wrong one the amperage was lower then the one that was on threre be cause mine had wigwag light at one time so ittook a higher amp altenator with 2 new batteries analt git locked in the car once had to csll my sister to put jumpet cables on so i could unlock doors to get out an the repair shop couldnt figuer it out either thats why i called the factory it cost me 2000 dollars an 200 for alt 100 apeice for batteries all because a part store sold me the wrong altenator an ya u guessed it they got my core an had returned it before i had gone back to get the sticker numbers off it that would of told the hile story an saved alot of greif

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