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    Alternator trouble

    My car is great, I just took it on a 3 hour road trip and drove on some mountain roads and back home in the same day. The A/C and radio were on the whole time and everything is smooth. I used to have rough idle before and had to turn on the lights for it to stop, but that’s also gone now.
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    Alternator trouble

    My car only has 85k! I thought Toyota Alternators would last like 200k but I do live in Texas and it’s always under more load. I bought a remanufactured alternator from O’Reilly for 183$ and it has limited life time warranty. If you have some tools you can try to disassemble it and check each...
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    Alternator trouble

    I took the alternator to O’Reilly and they bench tested it again, they said it passed but it was barely producing enough voltage on the bench without any load. I replaced the alternator and everything is running fine. The battery is charging and the alternator tests good on the car. I guess I...
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    Alternator trouble

    Hi, I have a 2009 corolla S with 85k miles on it. I was driving and the battery light and ABS light came on, and I also lost power steering. After I stopped shortly after, the car was completely dead. I jump started the car and it ran fine and drove for 2 miles then it all happened again. I...
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