I have a 1995 Jimmy and have had a few minor problems with it recently.
OK, there is power steering in a car and there is also something that is comparable to power breaks. It makes pressing the breaks easier. Now, the “power breaks” went out in my Jimmy and I started hearing a hissing noise down by the pedals. I can’t see anything, but it’s obviously some sort of vacuum leak.
Now, ever since this happened, I have to press the breaks really hard (similar to an old car that has no power anything in it, everything is hard to do, even steer) to get it to stop.
The problem is though, at night time, when I press the breaks, the headlights dim a tiny bit until I depress the breaks. This in turn, has some how caused my alternator to cease to work. I installed a new one and three weeks later, you got it, the alternator was gone again. I got the third one free of charge and it’s been going strong for two months now. I just haven’t had the money to get the break trouble looked at.
What could be causing this electrical problem due to my breaks?
