Hi. So yesterday I noticed my battery light was ON. I don't drive much. But drove on Friday and everything seemed ok. Didn't drive during the weekend and yesterday, battery light was ON. I drove a little bit, to charge it, as I had the problem before of the battery dying on me after not driving for a few weeks. For a moment, the light went away. But came back again. Today, it was ON again. I drove off and on my way back, I lost power steering and the whole dash lit up like a Christmas tree. ABS light, VSC Light, airbag light, and of course the battery light. Then very close to home the dash started flashing ON and OFF and the needles going up and down as they do when you turn the car on. As I turned in my street everything went dark and the engine started loosing power. I barely made it to my house and had to park up front. The engine didn't have power to drive in. All was dark and engine had no power. Glad I at least made home.
Now, obviously something related to power. Can a bad battery do that? Or is all this a clear sign of a bad alternator? I have a battery charger. Is it worth it connecting? To at least being able to drive the car in the garage? Or if this has damaged the battery it can de dangerous? I seem to remember something in the charger manual not to connect to a damaged battery. But the manual is gone.
Thanks as always for the help gentlemen.
Cheers.