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start the car remove the posative battery cable the car should stay running if not your alternator is bad if it keeps runing with no help from the gas pedal have your battery checked

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Q: What would cause a battery light to come on intermently other the alternator its like if you speed up it will go off but then turn car off its back on could it be the maxifuse its a 99 ford contour?
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