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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
+1 on check the alternator. Having my 6 mo. since replacement fail and the warranty replacement failure within 20 min.
I used Bosch for the first two replacements, but since my valeo lasted 187,000 miles and the Bosch lasted six months then 20 minutes I asked if I could exchange the second Bosch for Valeo.
O'Reilly let me do it with $5 difference.
If you have a peak reading multimeter you can catch any blips in the voltage output.
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Were the Bosch rebuilds or new? I ask as I found that both O'Reilly and Autozone in this area are using the same rebuilder and just packaging them for the specific chain. Plus they are making mistakes with the rebuilds. Had O'Reilly also replace the alternator for my 318ti under warranty 6 times in the past year (they tried to blame the car but I proved it wasn't the problem) after having a rebuilt from them for 6 years without issue for the same car. Ended up buying a Valeo for the ti too. But they still refused to blame their rebuilder, eve though I've found a lot of people in the area that have had similar issues over the last two or three years.