First, a fully charged battery should read 12.8 V. 11.8 is fully discharged. 12 V, assuming your meter is calibrated, is pretty close to discharged. How old is the battery? A car with a failed battery is often hard to jump start, and it will not be charged by a new alternator. I don't follow why yo...

My daughter has a 09 AWD with the 2.4L and an automatic transmission, she was having starting issues that I believed was an alternator failure from the information she gave me (we are a state away from each other) she said she had some friends that said it was the alternator as well. long story shor...