Alternator OEM BMW or Duralast

Replaced the 2017 ACDelco alt with a Duralast Gold 160 Amp. Life time warranty. For 200 bucks at Auto zone. Hope this is the last one I buy.

I agree, alternator from autozone is not bad. I replaced mine with a Duralast and never had a problem so far.

Got another Duralast/Autozone alternator in and this one seems to be working for now.

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.

When I lived in walking distance of a 24-hour AutoZone, there seemed to be more people waiting in line to get their lifetime-warranted DuraLast alternators replaced than for battery replacements.

My 540i at 141k started eating me alive, Alternator blew up

And while I dont recall Hyundai being one of them, there are certain make/models that need an OEM alternator or they just wont work right (i.e Duralast Alternator in a BMW X5=bad idea)