# 2004 Ford Focus alternator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-focus-alternator/115648>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** focus, ford, alternators\
**Created:** [April 14, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-focus-alternator/115648 "2018-04-14T11:39:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Keith14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@Keith14](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Keith14)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-focus-alternator/115648/1 "2018-04-14T11:39:16Z")

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My cars altinator was on blink whineing when driveing and battery going up and down in voltages while drivein i took out altinator and tried cleaning its terminals but put back in started car ticked over 2 minutes ghen start spluttering knocked of then no reds or nothing on dash red lights that is acc so im thinkinv is it just completely screwed or did i do something wrong the positive gets so hot wen left connected to terminal any ideas wat it is or simple as getting brand new alternator cars a mondeo but i said focus cause didnt have the option in list of cars

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**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-focus-alternator/115648/2 "2018-04-14T17:34:20Z")

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Get a new alternator and see how it goes.