Just replaced my alternator last week and its working.Later I was talking with a Honda Tech after hours. Hetold an that the my replacement (new not rebuilt) alternator from NAPA will not work, and I should only use the OEM Honda one. Can someone give me some input on this!

 

Does it work? Yes .... hmmmm .... perhaps they trained him to say "OEM only" .... kinda like a parrot?

 

maybe non oem parts violate the warranty? I think honda just wants to keep up their sales on replacement parts,they probably don't sell much parts anyways, the carsare justtoo d*** reliable. lol.

 

That's a load of garbage. Many of the OEM alternators on the 6th gen accords were junk. If you are replacing an alternator on a 6th gen, I would actually recommend going with the NAPA one instead of the OEM one since the OEM one will likely conk out on you again.

 

yeah, 6th gen V6(only the v6, 4cyl are solid) alternator do go bad. but the reman ones are said to contain an updated diode set and wiring.

 

I'm on my 3rd alternator in only 90K. (6th Gen V6)

OEM was sourced out to Delco / Delphi lasted 70K.
Started loosing voltage (dim lights) at idle followed by the start of a bearing like noise.

Replaced with a reman Bosch unit which lasted 1.5 years on a 1 year warranty.
Started getting variable flickering of all lights at idle & up to 1.5K.

Finally installed a new Bosch unit with lifetime warranty.

 

I only blew out 1 alt on my 6th gen and that was from crossing a 4ga. main lead and ground. Now when I work on systems, I put a spacer in the fuse holder to keep the contacts apart.