Thread: battery light came on and went off! puzzled

update!!
i took my car to different auto parts store and they told me again that my battery was bad but also that my alternator had a bad electrode(or something like that) and it also needed to be replace. they said that while my alternator was going bad it caused my battery to go bad as well. i went ahead and bought an alternator and will replace tomorrow.. after that i will see if my battery really needs to be replaced or if it will recharge.. i may replace my battery cables while im doing everything else(does anyone know if replacing the battery cables is very hard)??

THANKS!!

Replacing the cables are probably pointless unless they look screwed up. Ur story has all the symptoms of an alternator going bad. 146k is good life for one. As far as ur battery goes, it can still be bad and keep enough juice to get it started. So u can leave it but eventually it'll be completely dead and will need to jump it to get it started. For batteries idk if u know but in my opinion interstate is the BEST.