awkward... my 2004 only has 20k miles and my alternator just went out. Its as though the system has a "hey your not charging" deal and doesnt allow the battery to go completely dead. I was driving and over 2-3 hours my battery light was cutting on and off. By that eveningwhile driving home from work, the battery light stayed on and my other lights started coming on and it just died on me. very typical of the alternator dieing. I waited a 5 or so minutes and it clicked(as though a relay) but not kicking over the starter. After another 5 minutes it started right up, lasted 3 minutes while driving until it did the same thing. I finally got it to the house and just ordered a new valeo fom chryslerpartsdirect and am waiting for it to be overnight hopefully here by wednesday 4/23. bummer to see the car just sitting not able to be driven.