# HELP: Handbrake and Battery Lights

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [November 27, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880 "2007-11-27T16:21:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rtwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@rtwoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rtwoo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880/1 "2007-11-27T16:21:06Z")

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I have just changed the alternator on my 1996 Maxima. The other day my handbrake light came on. turned the car off and back on it was gone. Next day it came back on with the battery light, and the car died. I changed the battery and now it’s running fine but THE LIGHTS STILL ON.

pLEASE HELP ME,

Thanks,

Ibrahim

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**Author:** ![ismo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/278dde/32.png) [@ismo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ismo)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880/2 "2007-11-27T17:03:38Z")

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Did you get a refurbished altenator.

If you got a rebuilt altenator, it means the coils in it were not properly built, so your battery is going to die again, but get your altenator re-checked, ASAP.

If not, then its propbably just that you may need to reboot your computer by doing a diagnostic and clearing the error codes.

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**Author:** ![kazzxtrismus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@kazzxtrismus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kazzxtrismus)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880/3 "2007-11-27T21:40:47Z")

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does this car have the pad sensor?  
if so the brake light will come on in the dash to let you know its time to do the brakes…usually fronts

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**Author:** ![rtwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@rtwoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rtwoo)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-handbrake-and-battery-lights/134880/4 "2007-12-01T15:08:16Z")

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It was the alternator

Thanks guys