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Hannah J
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I have a 2001 Sienna XLE, last week after a very long period of idling all of my indicator lights came on and my car died, after a jumpstart ran fine. Tested the battery and alternator, battery came back fine, but alternator showed bad. We changed it expecting that to resolve the problem. Today after a very short idle (less than 5 minutes) while parked all my indicator lights came on, radio and A/C stopped working. I put the car in drive, drove away and all lights went off, when I came to a stop they all went back on. This happened off and on all day, to where I can make it happen now. The car never died, but there is an obvious electrical short somewhere. My question is can a short kill an alternator and if the symptoms can be pointed out to a mechanic and actually happen while in the shop, can this sort of short be fixed?