Originally posted by 2X95SEs:
The alternator must have been one of those Autozone specials - what good is a lifetime warranty if you have to replace it over and over?



I can not believe you said that! I have almost 100,000 miles and more years on my AutoZone lifetime warranty battery than I had my factory alternator. From my experience the AutoZone lifetime warranty alternator is a good alternator.

If think about it, why would AutoZone give you crappy lifetime warranty alternator? AutoZone would have to be constantly replacing them under warranty. Most vehicles, the alternator is very easy to replace, like 15 minuets.

That is one thing Ford should have put on top instead of the bottom of the engine bay. The alternator gets wet like in two inches of water. I'm exaggerating but not a lot. For passenger cars, the alternator needs to be at the top of the engine bay to prevent it from getting wet.