When I had a 98' Maxima and the alternator went out, I bought a remanufactured Hitachi on eBay and that one worked just fine for many years.
My car started experiencing the same issue as yours. Randomly lose power, no acceleration, give jump start, two days later, the same issue. Had to have it towed to Nissan. Yes, long story short, it does need a genuine OEM Alternator and OEM Battery! For some reason, the 3rd party parts are not as effective in the product. Once placed in my Nissan, it was commented there have been no issues.
I got an ACDelco reman alternator from RockAuto, but it has a grinding feeling and bearing noise when I spin the shaft by hand. I'm not putting that "reman" alternator in the car only to have it fail a few weeks from now.
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This part for Nissan Maxima is made around the world. We have reviews for alternator manufacturers from countries such as: Japan, USA .
In March 2026, the ranking of alternator for Nissan Maxima on PartReview included 3 manufacturers. It is based on 3 reviews and 9 votes.
Last month, PartReview users preferred OEM Nissan. 33% of positive votes went to this manufacturer.
In second place: alternator HITACHI — 33%.
Third place: AC DELCO with 0% of the votes.
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