Ford C-Max electrically dead

[Captain Benzo]

Gents, please help.

My wife's 2007 Ford Cmax has had the battery light on for 2 days. she said there was a slight whizzing / whooshing noise too. I took it for a drive and didnt notice anything, but i was listening for turbo / air leak.
this afternoon she arrived home and it died, no lights on the dash, nothing.

I put on the battery charger but it wont charge, it wouldn't start with jump leads either.
the battery is 3 1/2 years old, all connections are clean, no issues previously. I drove it on Sunday and it was fine.

I am assuming its the alternator gone, I hope to get the local Indy to pick it up and have a look.

is there something i am missing / have overlooked?

any guidance, as always, is greatly appreciated.

[PaulKemp]

Continual battery light means no charge from the alternator
Usually means the diode pack is dead
I'm surprised she made 2 days but by doing this you may have also killed the battery

[Captain Benzo]

Paul,

thanks for confirming my suspicions.

It is in the hands of my trusted local indy.

as with all problems, you never know until you find out.

cheers

Ben