This problem on my 97 Civic DX just cropped up when some cold weather hit Boston recently...I had the belt changed before the end of the summer and everything was running smoothly. Though now in the cold weather, my alternator belt slips, but not constantly...the conditions are usually the same: I have the fan going on 2 and the headlights on...as soon as I roll to a stop and hit the brakes, I notice the voltage drops almost to 11v and my dash lights dim. As soon as I give a little push on the throttle, the belt screams for a few seconds and then all is back to normal, but only lasts for a little bit. If I just idle again with the brakes on, it happens again. The problem does not happen while driving, but never goes away no matter how much I drive.

I did a little digging on HAN and saw that some people said to retension the belt for similar issues...will this clear the issue and is this something I can do myself?

Thanks for any help...it's getting so annoying to hold the idle higher at lights and the screech is loud as heck!

T-X