What should the voltage be on Hyundai Elantra?
Set it to read voltage. Specifically, you’ll need to set it to 20V DC. With your Elantra turned off, you’ll connect the negative side of the meter to the negative battery post or wire. You’ll then touch the positive side of the voltmeter to the positive battery wire.
How can I tell if my Elantra is on or off?
With your Elantra turned off, you’ll connect the negative side of the meter to the negative battery post or wire. You’ll then touch the positive side of the voltmeter to the positive battery wire. With the engine off, you should get a reading somewhere between 12.0 volts and 12.6 volts.
What happens when you have a bad alternator in a Hyundai Elantra?
As described above, a bad alternator will drain your Elantra’s battery fast. When the battery gets so dead it will no longer be able to power your Elantra’s ignition system. As the ignition system is no longer able to produce a full powered spark, the engine will begin to sputter and stall.
Set it to read voltage. Specifically, you’ll need to set it to 20V DC. With your Elantra turned off, you’ll connect the negative side of the meter to the negative battery post or wire. You’ll then touch the positive side of the voltmeter to the positive battery wire.
What are the symptoms of a bad Hyundai Elantra alternator?
Here are the most common symptoms of a bad alternator in a Hyundai Elantra: The battery light is designed to tell you that there is not enough voltage to properly charge the battery, or that the battery itself is not holding the proper voltage. In rare occasions the service engine soon light may light up.
With your Elantra turned off, you’ll connect the negative side of the meter to the negative battery post or wire. You’ll then touch the positive side of the voltmeter to the positive battery wire. With the engine off, you should get a reading somewhere between 12.0 volts and 12.6 volts.
Why does my Hyundai Elantra not have air conditioning?
In a Kia Spectra (and the video author says the Hyundai Elantra is similar), a a similar connector in a different place (near the passenger-side foot well) melted and caused the A/C’s temperature sensor to fail. I learned a long time ago that when troubleshooting, you should never say, “That can’t be the problem.”