Stopped at a salvage yard in Nebraska and noticed something weird about the alternators

I was pulling parts at Johnson's Auto Salvage last month and saw a row of mid-2000s Fords all missing their alternators but nothing else. Turns out the local shops have been buying them in bulk for rebuilds since the aftermarket ones kept failing within 6 months. Anyone else seeing this pattern with specific models?

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the_jason3d ago

Man, I had a 2005 Taurus that ate alternators like candy (I swear it was cursed or something). Ended up just buying a spare from the junkyard and swapping them out whenever it started whining.

ericjackson3d ago

My buddy had a F-150 that went through three alternators in a year and a half.