about a week ago i noticed that even though my emergency break would be off my brake light and charge battery light would light up. I thought is was nothing but my windows would go down very slowly and any time i press the break my radio would turn off and on when i let go of the break.....i can also hear a kind of poping noise (like when you turn a light swicth on quickly) coming from the center console or the emergency break..Then my car broke down...the next day i charged the battery drove it in the mornin and it was fine but i driving home and i notice that my lights are getting dim and then it dies again. I dont know if it is electrical wiring or the alternator which is causing this.PLEASE HELP!

You have a bad alternator. Repair or replace it.

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Take off the distributor cap, clean off the contacts, replace, drive. If that doesn't work, then go ahead and replace the alternator.

Cleaning your distributor cap will not be productive. Replace the alternator.

Cleanning distributor cap will not hurt much, but the symptoms you described are the symptoms of a bad alternator.

Sam

Cleaning your distributor cap will not be productive. Replace the alternator.

It can't hurt to do it anyways.

Please don't waste his time. There is no chance it will solve his problem. Also, the only thing you can do is damage something by unnecessary maintenance.

whats a good price range to get an alternator replaced and how long should it take for a "professional" to do?

$100-150 and a 1/2 hour. They may get more than a 1/2 hour labor. I don't know what the book labor time is.