So how bad of an idea would a Duralast alternator be? Options

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Under $50 with a core returned....if the darn thing works it's awfully cost effective.

Autozone Alternator

[gandalf_025]

My wife’s 2015 Honda needed a starter.
Dealership quoted 900.00 for one.
Checked with NAPA and they had a rebuilt
for 350.00... Brought the car to a shop and
they got the one from NAPA...
It came in a box saying it was rebuilt by Honda
and had a 1 Year warranty..
350 beats 900 by a lot...
Been working fine...

[DRPHIL914]

My wife’s 2015 Honda needed a starter.
Dealership quoted 900.00 for one.
Checked with NAPA and they had a rebuilt
for 350.00... Brought the car to a shop and
they got the one from NAPA...
It came in a box saying it was rebuilt by Honda
and had a 1 Year warranty..
350 beats 900 by a lot...
Been working fine...

--that kind of crap mark up on parts and service is why I amost never use a dealership/stealership for anything anymore. if you have to have it done by someone else find a local independent place you can trust but even then I always want to see the parts that were removed- with my alternator for my 914 I got a bosch unit 75 amp from an ebay seller I have used before. it came in bosch box and labeled. so far so good. -

joe, as far as Autozone is concerned I disagree with you and I have had better luck with them than the dealers on some stuff. much of the stuff that is made for them and labeled under Duralast is manufactured by the OEM manufacture/supplier. for example, my Lincoln navigator made it 2 years with OEM motorcraft coils, 2 failed with int a month of each other and out of warranty so I went with duralast and boght the whole set of 8 for $200 - lifetime warranty, if one goes bad they replace the whole batch! also just replaced the rear struts and got them from Autozone and they are lifetime as well. not sure if I will keep the truck for ever but just turned over 220,000 miles and did brakes tires struts etc all this year so she will be staying in the family for a while. back on track , I would do what Mark said and look local first. but screw the stealer-dealer, local Ford dealer wanted $400 for install and programing for the suspension control module and $250 for the part LOL! - freaking liars, there is no programing and the "installation" was unplug old one, plug in new one(paid $150 for new one) and one screw that holds it to the bracket up uder dash, took all of 5 minutes. plug and play no issue since. similar issue at a Jag dealer -- rant over....

let us know how the duralast one works and what it is if you get it, I am interested to know.