Alternator Motorcraft or Duralast

If you go to autozones website and plug your car info in, what price does it give you for the duralast gold alternator?

The Duralast one looks to have a lifetime warranty.

Been running a duralast in mine for about a year no problems.

Been running a duralast in mine for about a year no problems.

The only good thing about buying a duralast is it'll be the last alternator that you have to *PAY* for. But it def will *NOT* be the last alternator you install in the truck. Lol

Right on schedule, about 7 months later, that reman also went out and I decided to pay more to get the Duralast Gold which is all new. That one lasted about a year and a half but then the bearings went out on it, but I don't think that issue was the alternator's fault because after I replaced it, I found out the Harmonic Balancer had lost its integrity and was wobbling a little. Again, not sure what caused what (did the bearings put extra pressure on the aging balancer or did the balancer go out and damage the alternator?), but all I can say is that since replacing the harmonic balancer and using the Duralast Gold alternator, I have not had any issues for over 2 years now.

Duralast 11120 (if that's what is on the invoice) doesn't have a lot of great reviews...

It was in fact a Duralast dud! One more example of a “new” alternator being broken out of the box.

I had a new remanufactured duralast alternator as well that I thought was defective but I kept following the power cable off the alternator and found the fusible link.

It's a dice roll. I've had some success with them, but when I put a reman one in my Focus, it only lasted 2 weeks.