Alternator

I had enough. :banghead: I'm going to change the alternator in my 3.5 Intrigue. The question is where can I get one that will work this time. I don't want to buy one and have same problems again later on. Plaase I need an advise where to get a new GOOD alternator and how much it will cost me.
Thanks

Hi
Unfortunately I think you are going to pay a pretty good bundle $150+ no matter where you buy. I personally am fairly happy with NAPA most of the time. They should have a selection for you, and you can carry it back in if it fails.

Good Luck

GM #10464469

GMpartsdirect is cheaper by almost $100 on this part number than the Rock. Rockauto has Intrigue alternators starting at $150 (+$60 core) and up. It seems the prices on these alternators is on the up.

BECK/ARNLEY Part # 1866337
$151.79 $60.00 $211.79

WORLD WIDE Part # 21739
125 Amps
$171.79 $70.00 $241.79

WORLD WIDE Part # 91604
125 Amps {World Wide New Gold} More Info
$256.79 $0.00 $256.79

ACDELCO Part # 3342485
GENERATOR,(REMAN) DELCO AD237 (125 AMPS) {125 AMP #19136043}o
$241.79 $29.00 $270.79

ACDELCO Part # 3211829
GENERATOR,(REMAN) w/125 AMP(KG7) {125:AMPS #10464469}
$323.99 $36.00 $359.99

BOSCH Part # AL8736X
Refer to Application Notices B103 and B111; Reman {May Not Include Pulley}
**Non-stock item--shipping delayed up to 7 business days** More Info
$372.79 $111.00 $483.79

If you can get one at Napa for $200 you are doing well. But then again, when I was thinking about the Bosch unit at Napa, they wanted $650-800 (this is really $450 + $100 core a year ago = still a ton, I made a joke about it to them.)


GM PART # 10464469
CATEGORY: Alternator
PACK QTY: 1 CORE CHARGE: $36.00
GM LIST: $415.36
OUR PRICE: $215.99 (this is a fair price, but it was ~$170 before = price is going up)

I got a remanufactured one (duralast)from autozone.com for about $130 plus another $35 core charge. I got a new alternator because the original one failed at 125,000miles. I had the classic randomly dimming headlight problem before the replacement. The new alternator did not fix this, but it was not the reason for the change. Be pepared to waste a Saturday installing it. Make sure your battery is good an fully charged as to not burn out the new unit.

On 1999-2001 vehicles built before the VIN breakpoints, replace the generator with a revised generator, P/N 10464469, that has circuitry to inhibit the voltage regulator reset condition. The older alternator part number had a field that collapsed supposedly.

Do a search on the home page of this Intrigue forum for "alternator" = 3 pages of problems due to the Intrigue alternator. = One of the most common Intrigue problems that at one time was unfixable. The Bosch alternator (early fix) was $450+$100 core from Napa one year ago. #10464469 was $138+ ~$60 core one year ago from GMpartsdirect.