caliper + Alternator = great weekend

[m5james]

I don't understand why you drove 15 minutes w/ the battery light on. If the belt or something broke, god only knows what could have been happening under the hood. You should have stopped immediately.

I read a thread lastnight of a guy who bought a rebuild kit for under $200, you should search around more.

[princemoe2m]

well like i said i was at my friends shop getting the brakes & calipers checked and on my way back home i thought the andy left a door or something on & drained the battery since the light came on while i goin home, so i was like it well recharge itself :S
it didnt come across my mind that the alternator well go bad right after the calipers did when 1 thing goes bad & another thing fallow... luv the X.

[sobi6111]

Why not used ones? very cheap.

Here
01 02 03 04 05 06 BMW X5 ALTERNATOR 3.0L 120 AMP : eBay Motors (item 320480891448 end time Feb-27-10 07:03:09 PST)

[sobi6111]

Or here

BMW 325 330 525 530 X5 Z3 ALTERNATOR 01 02 03 04 05 06 : eBay Motors (item 120522824341 end time Feb-24-10 15:41:09 PST)

[princemoe2m]

i have the 4.4i and it has the built in water coolant, and the cheapest i found on ebay was around $349. but i dont know as i read many posts here when i did search, alot of members said to stay away from ebay when it comes to X mechanical parts :S

[princemoe2m]

called the dealer this morning and they want $820.81 thats wat he called "hookup" lol $966 list price

[Repoman]

Originally Posted by princemoe2m

what a great weekend my brakes went out on me last night & when i went to check em at my andy [FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif]shop[/FONT] it turned out to be the r(drivers). so am gonna get both calipers, pads done, and rotors turned sometime this week. so when i was on the freeway going home, my battery light went off, after 15 minutes of driven i noticed the radio turned off all brakes/ABS/ traction and etc lights went off and within seconds the X turned up.. ya try to pull into the far right lane from a busy freeway within gettin hit but i managed to get it safely and got it towed home.. my friend came by to check it out and said it my Alternator wat a great way to have everything go wrong all at once...

anyways i been doin a search here but i dont seem to get anywhere. does anyone know a place or a website where u can get an Alternator Replacement at a reasonable price.. i did a search here and its all $390+ and core on top( total of $500+). am sure some of us here got some deals from somewhere. if u guys dont mind can anyone share there info. i would really appreciate it

I feel your pain buddy. Usually when something goes on my X, it happens in twos like yours did. Already been through the brakes and replaced the alternator, ac compressor clutch, 3 window actuators, two axle shafts bco front cv boots and still have a misfire that I've been trying to track down for several thousand miles with no luck. I just recently broke the 60K barrier, wtf.

I did notice that price difference when pricing my altenator replacement between the I-6 and V-8 models and thought holy cow that's high. One of the few times I was glad I had the bottom line motor. Good luck with you situation, hope it doesn't run you too much.

[m5james]

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/pro...412@Alternator

I've had good luck w/ prices using Autohaus.