This just happened. Was driving along when all of the sudden my gauges went crazy and the 'Check Gauges' light came on. The battery voltage dropped all the way and the temp. gauge went all the way up instantly. Power steering went out as well.
Drove straight to my mechanic. As I was sitting on US1 waiting to turn all of the sudden a loud explosion and white smoke everywhere. Sounded like a gun shot. Turned it off and hopped out.
Waited for it to cool down and drove straight to the mechanic (literally 100 yards away).
Pop the hood and looks like the serpentine belt snapped (which obviously caused the drop in voltage and the loss of power steering), and the radiator cracked open with coolant everywhere.
So I guess the main question is....how much is this gonna cost me? Mechanic said it'll be ready by tomorrow but it's one of the worst he's seen :banghead:
***on a side note I'm glad I decided to not go and inspect under the hood after the power steering went out and voltage dropped. Thank god I didn't have the hood open when this happened.
Drove straight to my mechanic. As I was sitting on US1 waiting to turn all of the sudden a loud explosion and white smoke everywhere. Sounded like a gun shot. Turned it off and hopped out.
Waited for it to cool down and drove straight to the mechanic (literally 100 yards away).
Pop the hood and looks like the serpentine belt snapped (which obviously caused the drop in voltage and the loss of power steering), and the radiator cracked open with coolant everywhere.
So I guess the main question is....how much is this gonna cost me? Mechanic said it'll be ready by tomorrow but it's one of the worst he's seen :banghead:
***on a side note I'm glad I decided to not go and inspect under the hood after the power steering went out and voltage dropped. Thank god I didn't have the hood open when this happened.
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