MOPE! car slowly died

[cul202]

on the way home from work yesterday my car started to missfire slightly under load, then headlights & interior lights started to get dim, then the missfire got worse, then the HICAS light came on & steering started getting heavy, then it finally died all together in a side street i managed to pull into

started it again after about 40mins & got about 1km before the slow death process kicked in again, resulting in a tow home that set me back 1 weeks rent :cuss:

me thinks it might be alternator....

any other possibilities?

[sewid]

Bing. I'd say alternator too.

[Revhead]

Alternator, or the wiring to/from it.

[Bepo]

Alternator. I had exactly the same thing happen to a Commonwhore I owned, slowly the electrics started failing abs, airbag, dash, headlight, until it suddenly stopped. The only thing I cant understand is how you got it started again 40 mins later, maybe it is a wiring issue?

B :alcoholic

[cul202]

when the alt died the car would have just been running on the battery hence running it down. but when you run a battery dead on high load then leave it a while, you'll find that it will have some charge left in it when you go to use it again. something to do with the heat created in the battery under high load reducing the chemical reactions that generate the power maybe

unanimous decision so far... so anyone got an alternator that would fit an R32?