2G Flickering

[James_dsm]

When I turn my car on all of the electrical components begin to flash. Fairly new alternator(Duralast) about a couple months old at most. Flashing goes away within 2 or so minutes. Checked battery and alt with a multimeter. Battery checks out, alt ranges from 14.3 to 15. Multiple grounds were checked, idk if I had missed any. Suggestions?

 

[nathan_spindler55]

It's the alternator. I worked at a parts store for three years and almost every alternator that I sold or put on my own dsm did that same exact thing. Then shortly after would fail completely. They are all junk. But hey lifetime warranty right. Lol

 

[James_dsm]

It's the alternator. I worked at a parts store for three years and almost every alternator that I sold or put on my own dsm did that same exact thing. Then shortly after would fail completely. They are all junk. But hey lifetime warranty right. Lol

Its from autozone, do I just go get it replaced?

 

[nathan_spindler55]

I would try and get another one and see of it does the same thing. But I ended up throwing an oem unit on and havent had any problems since. But they are expensive. I cant say why the parts stores one have such a high failure rate. But I would stay far away from them. I have been looking at some higher amp units from motor city reman but havent tried one out yet. Something to look into