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At 48K miles I experienced an alternator fail (car was running great at the time).
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 48000 km
check the charging at the battery while the car is running about 2000 or 2200 rpm with multimeter. The alternator should be charging at 14 volts (give or take a little)
Pros: charging at 14 volts
Cons: false readings at idle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I just replaced the one from my 1996 Passat Tdi. 326k miles on it. The alternator still works too!
Pros: alternator still works
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
Mileage: 326000 km
After installing it, all of the intermittent electrical issues disappeared. I'm guessing the old alternator couldn't power all of the electrical issues at once, particularly since the battery light would not come on with the higher rev's of a cold start, but would come on with the low rev's of a warm start.
Pros: solved intermittent electrical issues
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 142000 km
Mine has 69K miles. I've owned it for 4 years. Replaced the alternator and MAF sensor after failures. Keyless entry works only sporadically on the driver's door (lock switch already replaced - latch mechanism needs to be replaced, but for $$$).
Cons: alternator, MAF sensor failures
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 111042 km
When I had mine I had to replace the alternator just outside of warranty.
Pros: problem free otherwise
Cons: alternator replacement
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Upon only 3 days of ownership, the alternator went out due to the battery going bad, that took out the internal voltage regulator.
Cons: alternator went out
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat B5
Mileage: 144844 km
Had an appetite for alternators, as they put it behind the rear cylinder head and tried to keep it cool with some little rubber/plastic air duct. Failboat. We sold the car with its third alternator, each failure attributed to failure of the rear bearings.
Cons: failure of rear bearings
Mileage: 140000 km
Oh yeah and it went through 2 maybe 3 alternators in the 13 years we had it lol.
Cons: alternators failed often
the car is a 1996 golf gl, 5 speed, with A/C (this is relevant to the alternator spec) Original problem, car not charging and replacement alternators were no good
Cons: car not charging
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
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