Alternator Denso or Duralast

I called the dealership to see if they have an alternator for a 2002 is300. Crazy enough they still sale them! List price is $344 but you do get a discount from the core of the OEM alternator only. These alternators are reman but it’s from the dealership (actually denso) so it’ll have the quality to go with it. I ended paying $216 due to my employee discount on top of the core exchange.

I'm thinking about getting a Denso remanufactured unit for my Accord. The price isn't much more than the local auto store brand alternators, but those are notorious for being unreliable.

Denso is the only reman brand I will use.

I kept driving it and it eventually completely lost voltage. Threw another Denso in there and it’s golden.

Put a Denso rem one from Rock Auto on my 07 and it was great.

Denso alternator for the 1.8L

That’s the OEM alternator without the Honda label on it.

Just bought and installed a Duralast Gold from Autozone last week for my '07 9-5. It has a little whine at 2500 RPM but works better than OEM. Has a lifetime warranty and it's 100% new too!

Duralast Gold = new manufacture. A new unit from China. Sometimes OK, but often crap.

Denso. Always Denso. Every other aftermarket alternator I've ever seen is absolute garbage.

Duralast = Duramightlast. They're just overpriced cheap rebuilt cores.