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At first a fuse for the interior lights and headlights had blown so i located it and replaced it. then as i was driving my speedometer did not work. my check engine light came on then the airbag light and then my power steering failed and my car died. At first i thought it was the alternator so i replaced it but as i drove home the same things happened so im lead to believe its the voltage regulator.
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voltage regulator is internal of alternator.i know you just bought it and it is new,but you see where it is made or rebuilt,they have 12 year old kids building these,and you could have a bad new one.i would have it checked,but if its on car when checked,the battery has to have a full charge on it,or you could remove it and take to have checked.if alt. checks good,look for bad or missing ground wire.
In the new alternators on all cars, the voltage regulator is built in to the alternator. It has been my experience to have the "new" alternator tested at the place you bought it, I have had three "new" alternators test bad right out of the box!! Sounds like you have more of a problem in the electrical system than the alternator, you have a short somewhere, an alternator shouldn't turn all of the warning lights on?
It was a ground wire it shorted and came out of the brace connecting it to the alternator thanks