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Alternator OEM Audi or OEM KIA
Mine lasted 270 000 km before needing to be replaced .
Pros: long lifespan
Cons: eventual failure
Vehicle:
Audi A6
Mileage: 270000 km
We had a warranty and it paid to have the alternator and starter replaced and I only had to pay the $150 deductible.
Pros: warranty paid replacement
Vehicle:
Kia Sorento
2011 Kia soul. 190k miles. No engine oil issues. Use fully synthetic that lasts about 10,000 miles per oil change. The only thing that I replaced twice was the alternator. lol
Pros: no engine oil issues
Cons: alternator replaced twice
Vehicle:
Kia Soul
Mileage: 305775 km
I used an Audi B6 alternator in my TDi Touareg. I could have repaired it but it was cheap enough to buy. It's an easy job too.
Pros: cheap enough to buy, easy job
Vehicle:
Audi
My alternator died in 32k kilometers.. (Audi Japan took care of it so not that bad). Otherwise the 3 lit twin turbo engine is amazing.
I love driving it on the highways, however small roads in Tokyo and small parkings are a bit challenging sometimes but the 4 wheel steering comes handy.
Pros: amazing twin turbo engine
Cons: alternator died
Vehicle:
Audi Q8
Mileage: 32000 km
Well, I'm late to the party, my alternator failed today at 45,000ish miles. Oh, and 2 months after the warranty expired. The silver lining is that my buddy owns a shop that works on Audis.
Pros: buddy owns Audi shop
Cons: warranty expired
Vehicle:
Audi A5
Mileage: 72420 km
My audi B5 will absolutely refuse to use anything but OEM for the alternator
Pros: OEM alternator works
Cons: aftermarket refused
Vehicle:
Audi
The first few months of my Kia Sorento purchase, my air conditioning did not work. Then at 61,000 the alternator went and it was 1,000 miles out of warranty.
Cons: air conditioning didn't work, alternator went
Vehicle:
Kia Sorento
Mileage: 98170 km
My vehicle had this issue and they said it was because there was a bad batch of batteries in some of the models which was causing the alternator to fail. I had several issues with this vehicle around 50k miles such as failed alternator which was replaced because of the warranty but this should be a recall!!! Very dangerous and unreliable.
Cons: dangerous and unreliable
Vehicle:
Audi Q8
Mileage: 50000 km
I've just got this issue in my Q8 in UK. I kept telling my service centre about the alternator but they said no recall. Going to give them an angry call tomorrow since car dead. Luckily have extended warranty, rac quote is \u00a33K!
Pros: extended warranty
Cons: car dead, no recall
Vehicle:
Audi Q8
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