07 Mazda3 GT Intermittant battery light

[Copierguy]

I see that a couple guys here had alternator and or MAF wiring as the cause. I called dealer to price an alternator was over $700.00 plus labour. It goes into Mazda dealer Thursday for diagnosing...praying that I don't have to put a grand into it, will post results

[thanu31]

im having the same problem, had the same fear
but Jimmy at Street performance told me its the wiring, :)

Getting it fixed this week

Did you get a CEL ?

[Copierguy]

No CEL but when voltage gets around 11 VDC it looses power steering, power steering and ABS light comes on. Put on charger at night and battery holds enough for a couple hours of driving.:whoa

[thanu31]

ohh that doesnt sound good.
I never lost power from this. I just get a CEL and feel some bogging when accelerating.

Goodluck...

[Copierguy]

I was right, alternator bad...dealership quoted $1100.00, I found one at scrap yard for $75 and am paying for them to install it. Damn...3 year old car with bad alternator and I just got recall notice for power steering...Damn

[TheMAN]

it normally shouldn't die if the battery was in good shape... if the battery is bad, it will kill the alternator