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J-(Chicago) · 01-21-2008, 04:43 PM

I have heard more than a few local people that took their alternators to be tested at Autozone and all have failed. This bothered me a lot. Could everyone I talked to possibly have failed? I doubt it. So today I took a perfectly good alternator that I know works great and had them test it. It FAILED. I told the guy to test it again just in case, and it FAILED again. He asked me annoyedly if I wanted a 3rd test and of course I said "Hey , why not?"
FAILED the 3rd time too. He then offered me a $90 reman. to replace it. I of course declined and went on my merry way. On the way home I stopped by the new Advance Auto Parts store and had them test it for me. 1st try the guy said, "It's pushing 15 volts, works just fine" I happily thanked him and bought a case of oil.

01-21-2008, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
J-(Chicago) Seasoned beater pilot. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,392	Buyer beware I have heard more than a few local people that took their alternators to be tested at Autozone and all have failed. This bothered me a lot. Could everyone I talked to possibly have failed? I doubt it. So today I took a perfectly good alternator that I know works great and had them test it. It FAILED. I told the guy to test it again just in case, and it FAILED again. He asked me annoyedly if I wanted a 3rd test and of course I said "Hey , why not?" FAILED the 3rd time too. He then offered me a $90 reman. to replace it. I of course declined and went on my merry way. On the way home I stopped by the new Advance Auto Parts store and had them test it for me. 1st try the guy said, "It's pushing 15 volts, works just fine" I happily thanked him and bought a case of oil. __________________ I'd rather have a numbers matching poker hand.