Autozone alternator died in less than 1000 miles

I know, I know, I'm gonna get some "I coulda told ya that's" and "I told ya
so's" but I needed an alternator and spent $73 instead of multiples of that for
an alternator.

So Tuesday it went out in Denver, over an hour from home, but not completely
out. It would bring the voltage up to 12.65 at speed, but that's not a healthy
voltage. Also, when the key was off, the charging idiot light was on full
bright. I think that means something shorted out in the alternator and was
running full voltage back through the bulb when the key was off.

No idiot lights weren't on at all with the key on, unlike my original
alternator which allowed them to burn ever-so-dimly whilst charging at 12.6
volts or so.

But Autozone gave me a lifetime warranty, and after pulling the first one it
took less than 15 minutes to install the replacement. Just a little annoying.

I only paid $200 for the car, so I have this aversion to paying a lot for
parts.

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KennyH

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