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Old 12-31-2011, 09:58 AM
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I called the local dealer and talked with a service tech. He told me the orange light I was looking at was not the battery but the symbol for the radiator and I was probably low on coolant. I still had a low battery warning message though. He thought that was because we don't drive the car on long enough trips to keep it charged and now that the battery has some age, it's not able to keep up with the demands of the electrical system. I scheduled an appointment with the dealer for a new battery ($500 installed) for next Monday. I drove it for about an hour yesterday and sure enough all the battery warning messages went away. I'm thinking about cancelling my apointment now...although it probably wouldn't hurt to change it as it's going on five years old. There is also a check engine light on now. Left over from the battery being low??
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