So, if my original alternator fails, resulting in the brake and battery idiot lights and I replace it with a defective Reman'ed unit, would I not be getting the brake and battery idiot lights again?

 

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you should yes, but possibly not, happened to my buddies 3.5 altima, lights didn't come on the second time but it was a bad reman'd alt

I love my A32

 

if you get a bad reman alt the ABS, brake, etc lights will remain on. if you get a good new or reman alt or put in a good used one, the lights should be out

 

Does a wood chuck chuck wood ?

 

Alternators are one of those things where going OEM is

Aftermarket is very risky.

 

Yep ... seems to be the case.

I'm a dumb-a**

I did quite a bit of poking a podding over the past weekend.

The alternator is either producing no (as in zero) charge or the charge is not getting to the battery.

With the car running and with a load placed on the battery I'm at battery voltage at best with a slow trend towards the negative.

I also checked voltage drop on the (+) side and got 0.02v which, based on my understanding, is fully acceptable.

I also have continuity b/t the alternator charging post and the (+) battery terminal, which tells me there's no short in the charging cable.

I'm convinced it's either a piece of sh*t reman'd alternator (i.e. literally defective out of the box) or a failure in the ECU that won't trigger the alternator to charge ... I can't really think how ECU damage would have happened based on the condition of the car and the fact that even with all of the work I've done on it lately, I never messed with the starting/charging system at all.

I'll pull the alternator ... a-friggin-gain ... and see how it tests out.

I'm really really hoping that that's the issue.

 

The ECU is not connected to the Alternator.....it just pumps out electricity all the time....stabilized by an internal regulator.