Water boy wrote:Could be a partly bad alternator.
Not knowing the replacement story I'd start there. New/rebuilt could have passed but still be bad.

Hmm interesting. It was a rebuilt Champion from Canadian Tire. So I got a 3 year warranty on it. Is there any way to check this?

Well, changed the Alternator Thursday. The voltage is back within perfect range. No issues with the installation. The problem is the charging light is still faintly on, it turns on bright and properly when I first start the car, then it goes very dim and stays on. Super easy to see it at night. Any ...

Well we checked the alternator and my father in-law seems to think it's the regulator inside the alternator, my power is fluctuating, also my father inlaw noticed my idle RPMs would fluctuate all the time. So, going to change the alternator.

Thanks guys

I'll make sure to do that. Today was a pretty stressful drive, the charging light came on and basically wouldn't go away until i turned off the fan and radio. Once I got off the highway and was stuck in traffic is was coming on and off... This is fun :/

Thanks for the reply. We'll be checking the car out on the weekend. I'll keep you all updated.

Thanks for the responses.

Hello everyone, Figured I should update you all on what's going on with my vibe. My father inlaw and I took it to his friends place to look at it. After a fun 2 hours we changed my Serpentine Belt.. yeah it was due lol. We went to change the battery, long story short Canadian tire is evil. Their lis...

UPDATE: So, I drove the car to my fathers place Tuesday. Roughly 133KMs from my place. No battery/Alternator light came on at all, car started and ran like normal. My father noticed some corrosion build up on one of the battery connectors and told me that was the problem. We cleaned it up and I drov...

Thank you for the reply. I'm taking the car to my Father In-law and he'll be looking at it tomorrow. Would it be better in my case to just replace my Alternator and get better barrings? Also, is the Alternator hard to change on this car? Wish i was more mechanically inclined lol. Thank you very much...

Hey Guys, So.. a battery symbol appears in my RPM guage. It's always on, I'm at 201k KMs. My father who gave me the car thought it would be clever to give me a serpentine belt for xmas and say, a mechanic told him at 140k KMs the belt was starting to crack. Now, I know the belt turns the alternator ...

Hello all! Love the forum. My father handed me down his 2008 Vibe(Will post a picture soon!)It's 5 speed manual transmission. So long story short, I live in Shannonville Ontario and I drive to Kingston Ontario everyday for school. I do roughly 134km a day.(There and back) Before the Vibe I was drivi...