Hello All,

I was driving my 99 E300 yesterday when all of a sudden the Battery light on dash came on. I was about a mile from home so I decided to keep going to see if I can make it home. I was almost there when I noticed that I lost my power steering. When I got home, I opened the hood and I saw that the serp belt had popped off. I looked around to see what caused it to pop off and found that the alternator pulley was loose. I was able to just slide the pulley off of the alternator. I'm not a mechanic, but I'm guessing that I shouldn't be able to just pull off the pulley, right?

Does this mean that I need a new alternator?