I thought i heard or read somewhere that some 4th Gen's have an upgraded alternator for one reason or another. I have the cold weather package etc. The car has every possible option on it. I'm not sure what the criteria was for for this higher amp alternator. I could be talking out of my ****, but for some reason I thought that there were some maxes with higher output alternators than others. Can Anybody prove or disprove this? What is the stock rating for the OEM alternator?

Thanks.

 

I dont know the stock rating, but I can tell you that the Maximas have a very weak amperage for the amount of electronics and engine controls on a maxima with all options, as soon as you start sucking more power out of them they fry, thats why I always reccomend beefing up an alty in these cars rather than remplacing them. I'll hunt down the specs on my 97 SE they are likely the same.

 

i want to say 115 or 120 amp

 

ok man this is what I got.
on 12V they run 100Amps, all options run 110A,
regulated output is 14.1 - 14.7 V
and hot output current is over 110A at HIGH revs
hope that helps.
but honestly the cars should have a 115 to 130 MIN alty, but they dont, so....