The battery is the origional from 1996. I know it is old, but I had it checked just 2 months ago at PepBoys and they said everything looked great.

The car had been running for about 5 minutes before any of this happened. Could it still be the battery?

Anyway to check if the alternator is operating to specs?

TIA

-Dan

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