Alternator for '04 = OUCH
01-14-2008, 05:55 AM
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I'm just North of Chicago, in the suburbs. If I wasn't in need of a tow, then I'd go to my friend's garage and have him do it... but he's an hour away on a good day. Unfortunately I have no other options, so I have to let the dealer do it... Bleh.
01-14-2008, 06:08 AM
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If you have a fully charged battery the car should start and run but i don't know if it'll go an hour away... see what other options you have in the area. Autozone, pepboys etc. should be cheaper and give a warranty for their work.
01-14-2008, 11:01 AM
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Well I decided to have the dealer go ahead and do it... my service guy was able to take a little bit more off the price... so it came to $524 and some change. Bleh.
At least it's working again! Last thing I wanted to do was drive around to shop, and be stuck again.
At least it's working again! Last thing I wanted to do was drive around to shop, and be stuck again.
01-14-2008, 12:50 PM
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That's great... This has to do with getting bent over by the dealership.
01-14-2008, 01:24 PM
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In a way, the $650 quote seems steep. But then I remember back in 1988 when I needed a new alternator on one of my '85 Maximas, and the dealer quoted me around $450, and I had the shade tree mechanic at the local Gulf station do it for $350 or so. When we consider the rise in cost-of-living, that $450 of 1988 would probably be more than $650 today.
But $650 still stings.
But $650 still stings.
01-15-2008, 12:14 PM
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Hell, on my 5th Gen Max it was $692.98. I'll never forget the day because it was November 2, 2004 and I had to go vote. The car just died all of a sudden. I let it sit for about 3 hours and jump started it. I drove 1 (yes 1) mile and was able to make it to Firestone and just left it. After the alternator, battery, and labor, I was out of the above mentioned monetary figure. I remember that I shed a tear when I signed my credit card slip.
01-15-2008, 02:48 PM
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Hell, on my 5th Gen Max it was $692.98. I'll never forget the day because it was November 2, 2004 and I had to go vote. The car just died all of a sudden. I let it sit for about 3 hours and jump started it. I drove 1 (yes 1) mile and was able to make it to Firestone and just left it. After the alternator, battery, and labor, I was out of the above mentioned monetary figure. I remember that I shed a tear when I signed my credit card slip.
Double OUCH!
01-15-2008, 04:59 PM
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Hell, on my 5th Gen Max it was $692.98. I'll never forget the day because it was November 2, 2004 and I had to go vote. The car just died all of a sudden. I let it sit for about 3 hours and jump started it. I drove 1 (yes 1) mile and was able to make it to Firestone and just left it. After the alternator, battery, and labor, I was out of the above mentioned monetary figure. I remember that I shed a tear when I signed my credit card slip.
01-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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01-19-2008, 12:31 PM
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Another reason my interior electronics are stock with the exception of a police scanner and radar detector. Don't want to beat down the alternator any faster than I have too...
01-19-2008, 01:20 PM
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Geez, six hundy for the replacement! 
Battery went dead on my Maxima a few weeks ago, and I initially thought it was the alternator. I'm not sure what made me think alternator first, but I'm sure glad it wasn't that. Seeing that your 2004 had one go bad makes the fears resurface.
There's no way I would think either a battery or an alternator would go bad in three to four years.
Battery went dead on my Maxima a few weeks ago, and I initially thought it was the alternator. I'm not sure what made me think alternator first, but I'm sure glad it wasn't that. Seeing that your 2004 had one go bad makes the fears resurface.
There's no way I would think either a battery or an alternator would go bad in three to four years.
01-19-2008, 03:43 PM
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Geez, six hundy for the replacement!
Battery went dead on my Maxima a few weeks ago, and I initially thought it was the alternator. I'm not sure what made me think alternator first, but I'm sure glad it wasn't that. Seeing that your 2004 had one go bad makes the fears resurface.
There's no way I would think either a battery or an alternator would go bad in three to four years.
Battery went dead on my Maxima a few weeks ago, and I initially thought it was the alternator. I'm not sure what made me think alternator first, but I'm sure glad it wasn't that. Seeing that your 2004 had one go bad makes the fears resurface.
There's no way I would think either a battery or an alternator would go bad in three to four years.
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