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Alternator OEM Audi or Duralast
The Duralast one looks to have a lifetime warranty.
Pros: lifetime warranty
Vehicle:
Acura MDX
Been running a duralast in mine for about a year no problems.
Pros: no problems
Been running a duralast in mine for about a year no problems.
Pros: no problems
Finally, ordered a duralast Alternator which is expected to be delivered tomorrow.
Vehicle:
Mazda
Duralast Gold = new manufacture. A new unit from China. Sometimes OK, but often crap.
Pros: sometimes OK
Cons: often crap
I bought a Duralast for my ‘99 E55 a few years ago. It didn’t work so I pulled the rectifier off of it, put it on the original one, which put out at 14.2 v back in the car. I returned the Duralast one after I made the old rectifier look like new. The shaft rotation on the Duralast felt gritty, too.
Cons: didn’t work, shaft rotation gritty
Duralast = Duramightlast. They're just overpriced cheap rebuilt cores.
Cons: overpriced, cheap rebuilt cores
My Q8 alternator died today. 3 year old car 36k miles on the clock. Luckily I was right next an Audi dealership with a garage when the display panel told me to stop driving and pull over safely. When the mechanics got to the car they couldn\u2019t even start it.
Pros: near Audi dealership
Cons: car wouldn't start
Vehicle:
Audi Q8
Mileage: 57936 km
All I could recommend is stop buying the autozone/duralast alternators. Buy a good brand, ie Denso, Delco, Motorcraft, etc. and return the duralast one outright for cash in hand.
Pros: return for cash
Cons: prone to premature failure
Mine failed at 55k a couple of weeks ago. A couple months prior to this I had complained to the dealership and showed them all the reports of this issue online... At the time they denied any knowledge of the alternator issue.
Cons: car without alternator
Vehicle:
Audi Q8
Mileage: 55000 km
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