This sounds very much like the noise made by the front crankshaft damper pulley when the outer becomes unbonded from the inner. If this is the case the alternator belt/story is a red herring, best get ...

Q: The steering in my Honda Civic is making a loud screeching noise when I start it up in the morning. It goes away fairly soon but it’s happening every day now, where before it only happened every ...

A vehicle’s alternator generates the power that charges the battery, and when that power flow slows to a trickle or stops, you will be unable to use its electrical accessories, or the car will just ...

Probably the alternator belt slipping on the alternator pulley as the alternator battles to put some power back into the battery. Could be a loose belt, could be a worn out alternator, could be a ...

Our Nissan Note 1.6 automatic makes a screeching sound, but the dealer says all belts are OK. Cold, wet mornings can cause the alternator belt to slip, but as soon as the car warms up the noise ...

Take to the pulley with some emery paper to take the gloss off them, if that fails consider replacing the alternator pulley. Disclaimer: You acknowledge and agree that all answers are provided as a ...

There is a screeching noise from the pulley-belt in my 2015 Volkswagen Amarok. I have changed all the pulleys except the engine pulley. I have even changed the belt several times. It’s not going away.

Dear Car Fix: I have a Hyundai Sonata 2003. Last year Hyundai stated that I needed all my engine belts changed. They said that the timing belt was going to go, so I listened to them and had all the ...