Chonic Alternator Failure
Yes the Duralast are JUNK.I quit buying electrical parts from Autozone back in the 90's and Advance Auto electrical parts around 2001.The electrical parts batterys,alternators,starters,etc are just garbage from these places.My Dad bought a alternator from there about a year ago took it home installed it and it was no good.He took the new alternator back to Autozone.I told him to tell them to bench test the new one they replace it with.They tested 5 different new Duralast alternators before they found a good one.He laughed asked for his money back and went to NAPA.
I just put a new starter on for a neighbor who is disabled Tuesday.Got the new on reconnected the battery and the starter started turning the motor over as soon as I toched the cable to the battery.I told the neighbor his new starter was junk.I took the starter back off and told him to goand get a different one.He goes into the house to get the box the starter came in and you guessed it Duralast.I told him take it back go buy a starter at NAPA.