The battery light will come on when you drive the car. It flickers, and it goes off when you take your foot off of the gas pedal. Could this be a loose cable or something.

99 Ford Escort Battery Light

NYBo April 18, 2008, 12:25pm 9

the negative cable is sort of tight
This may well be the problem.

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