Q&A

Once in a while when i drive my 1996 Lumina Mini Van, i am getting voltage surges which causes a couple of my Gages lights to come on, plus at night i notice that my lights dime going bright when the battery Gage spikes up to the plus 18 in the red zone or going dime, it causes the Air Bag led to come on and sometimes the Anti-Lock break light to come on, but it is NOT an anti-lock problem, nor and Air Bag Issue, sometimes effect the acceleration when starting up from a stop, i actually have to turn off the van for about 120 seconds and then were good to go, other times it just clears by itself, this happens very intermittent and can go for a day or two without issue, however, when i am driving, it does not effect me when i am driving normally even when this fluctuation happens in voltage. Is this an early indication of my starter motor going bad, or my Alternator not regulating voltage properly. Please Note: The Battery Gage is not steady it rides between middle and up to the first indicator most of the time, only sometimes does the meteor go into the red zone which causes the Gage LED's to come on, mostly if it does not hit into the red zone where it show (18) but close to it, only the Air Bag LED goes on, the Head Lights when on at night, you can see the dash lights and head lights dimming and going bright when it shoots into the red zone. Any ideas on what it can be, I checked all wiring within the engine, and put the tester on it and it found all systems are normal, there was no code displayed, however, it was not spiking into the red, i may have to wait again when it does it. I have heard that a Starter Motor can do this in its early stages of failing.