2014 Cherokee Latitude Battery Problem

[VDCdriver]

@asemaster

You’ve got 4 low tires, a Check Engine light that indicates a problem with the powertrain control system, and a flashing lighting bolt that may indicate a throttle control issue. I doubt you will resolve anything by testing the alternator, although driving with a 10 year old battery certainly didn’t help the alternator at all.

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Here is a link to an old Car Talk discusssion regarding how a bad battery can kill an alternator:

Does a Car Battery with a dead cell cause failures of alternators?

Furthermore, several of the auto parts stores will perform the tests of the battery and alternator in the car, for free. Just tell them you think you have a problem…perhaps, slow cranking.