It all started with the clutch on the compressor locking up and trashing the Serp belt. Got all fixed.

Last night daughter calls me to let me know all the lights on her dash was coming on and her headlights were going off.

Went to limp her home and noticed that the headlights seemed to go off during acceleration.

Is it possible the pressure put on the serp belt by the compressor locking up strained the tensioner or a idler pully? I always thought our spring loaded tensioners were pretty hardy.

Could it be a diode or something in the alternator going bad? When I got home, I tested at the battery and read 14.1 volts, but that was at idle and the headlights were on. I had the alternator rebuilt about 2 years ago.

She had just got back from Athens (GO DAWGS). So had already drove over 200 miles since the new belt and compressor, so this was turn the car off, crank a few hours later and everything is mad.


Any other thoughts?