My car is a 1990 2.6L 300E with approximately 140K miles on it. This morning while driving to work, the radio died (the sound faded out but the display was still working), at the same time the abs and srs lights came on, I also noticed that my blinkers didn't work either. The car continued to run and I managed to get to work ok. I pulled into a parking spot and with the car idling, I turned on the headlights to see if they would still work. At that point, the car died. I tried to crank it back up and I just get a clicking noise. The lights on the dash light up when I turn the key to start it but the car won't crank, it just clicks.

After searching through the forum, it seems that this would be the symptoms of a bad alternator. Could is be something else causing this? Is there anthing else I should check before going out to buy a new alternator? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
George