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Alternator OEM FORD or OEM Audi
Mine lasted 270 000 km before needing to be replaced .
Pros: long lifespan
Cons: eventual failure
Vehicle:
Audi A6
Mileage: 270000 km
2021 Got the extended warranty, one year after the standard warranty went, so did my alternator. Extended warranty covered it.
Pros: warranty covered alternator
Vehicle:
Ford Bronco
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
I had my alternator go out on me at 165,000 KM on my audi S3 2015, got a rebuild for half the price of a brand new one and since it's a rebuild the warranty on it is for 2 years. Paid roughly 500 bucks and 100 for labor.
Pros: rebuild half price, 2 year warranty
Vehicle:
Audi S3
Mileage: 165000 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
Rs6 definitely has an alternator issue. I’m currently at 25k on oem alternator.
Cons: alternator issue
Vehicle:
Audi RS6
Mileage: 25000 km
I've got a 2017 ford escape needs a new alternator costs 1100 $, wtf for a Ford not happy.
Cons: expensive alternator replacement
Vehicle:
Ford Escape
I’ve been busting my butt all day trying to get the alternator out of my 2004 ford focus (mk1) for a few painful reasons
Vehicle:
Ford Focus
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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