{"id":38479,"date":"2017-02-08T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=38479"},"modified":"2017-02-10T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T12:40:54","slug":"battery-and-engine-light-2008-dodge-avenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/02\/battery-and-engine-light-2008-dodge-avenger","title":{"rendered":"Battery and Engine Light 2008 Dodge Avenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37798\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2009-dodge-avenger.jpg\" alt=\"2008 Dodge Avenger\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2009-dodge-avenger.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2009-dodge-avenger-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>My battery and engine light came on last night while I was driving what could be wrong with my car?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<h3>Battery and Engine Light<\/h3>\n<p>The battery light indicates the battery is no longer being charged. Typically this means the alternator has failed. It may also mean the alternator belt has come off but a loss of steering is usually noticed as well if this happens. Since the engine light came on as well it may be an indication of the same issue. When the engines computer no longer has sufficient battery voltage it will not function properly. Having the computer scanned will show any stored <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/diagnostictroblecodes.html\">trouble codes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/alternator.html\"><strong>Alternator Testing<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My battery and engine light came on last night while I was driving what could be wrong with my car? RESPONSE Battery and Engine Light The battery light indicates the battery is no longer being charged. Typically this means the alternator has failed. It may also mean the alternator belt has come off but a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/02\/battery-and-engine-light-2008-dodge-avenger\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battery and Engine Light 2008 Dodge Avenger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,20],"tags":[10273,11323],"class_list":["post-38479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-dodge","tag-avenger","tag-battery-and-engine-light"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Battery and Engine Light 2008 Dodge Avenger - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The battery light indicates the battery is no longer being charged. 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