I have a 96 that I purchased with 40,000 miles and am just shy of 300,000. Most reliable car I've ever owned. Biggest "issue" I've had was replacing the alternator besides normal maintenance.
My 09 Se Camry V6 currently has 452k km on it. The most reliable thing I have ever owned. The only issues I have had was with it was an alternator at 445k.
imo take it back and grab a new Bosch from FCPEuro - https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-alternator-bosch-al157x
Alternators do like to go out on ISs. Burning smell and whining is the telltale signs of it going out.
I have a 'one-wire' Hitachi forklift alternator on my Alpine. Been on there for a decade or more with no issues.
You can buy a Mahle/Iskra alternator which is designed as a direct replacement. They are their own design.
12-plate Fiesta, 106k miles
- Alternator is intermittent
- Rear bushes are audibly fucked
- Radiator fan packed up so it overheats when idling in warm weather
I have a 19 Accord. The alternator is buried under the intake manifold. It has to come off. That means draining the cooling system.
HAVE a 2022 CX30 @ 79,000 miles. Alternator went out today
Alternator is my wild guess: Valeo alternators have long sucked, kinda like their starter motors.
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