Hello All - First post - alternator questions

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Originally Posted by evil nick

actually one of the guys did say somethign about the year. Ive been looking all around for the part. Didnt want to pay 400$ for an alternator. Id still like to rebuild the old one too

$400 for a Toyota alternator is cheap as far as I understand it! I believe there was a recent post where someone paid $700 for an alternator at Toyota for a genuine Toyota alternator. I wouldn’t want to pay $400 either! I have a bad feeling The fact that the car was made in France it’s final years when Toyota actually built it is somehow responsible for the parts scarcity.

I wish I could help you find parts to rebuild your alternator! But I’ve never done that and I wouldn’t know where to look. For a Toyota alternator to go bad in six years seems not like a long time at all.

I wonder why you couldn’t use an alternator from say a 2012 to 2015 Yaris? Did they ever explain that at the parts store?