Hey guys, I've been having some complications with my Steeda UDPs. I've gone through 2 batteries in less than 5k miles after going for almost 10k miles on the first battery since I put the UDPs on. Basically what happened today was the car started to die on me driving into work. First was the radio, then the rest of the dashboard lighting. Fortunately, I got it to work where I made sure I had someone around to jump me should it have not started when I left work. Fortunately, it started. However, I didn't get more than 2 miles from work when it died. So I got a jump and less than 1/2 mile later it died again. So I got a ride to go get a new battery and installed it and by the time I was almost home (roughly 30 miles), I lost the radio, dashboard lighting and my headlights.
This happened back in Sept, so I took it into Ford and they said it was the battery, so I got a new one and everything was good until today. I thought it was my alternator but they insisted differently. So now I'm convinced it's my alternator because the battery is dying so quickly. If I let the car sit, it'll start with everything working until the same process repeats. Am I barking up the right tree with the alternator and the UDPs or am I missing something here?
This happened back in Sept, so I took it into Ford and they said it was the battery, so I got a new one and everything was good until today. I thought it was my alternator but they insisted differently. So now I'm convinced it's my alternator because the battery is dying so quickly. If I let the car sit, it'll start with everything working until the same process repeats. Am I barking up the right tree with the alternator and the UDPs or am I missing something here?