Ouch!
#1
Ouch!
Thursday afternoon heading down to New York to visit Grandma in the hospital, I picked my daughter up from school in Boston, got on the Mass Pike, and just as I got up to speed the "Charging" (battery) light illuminated on the dash of my 2001 Accord (along with a few other lights as well). Pulled over to the side, stopped the engine, restarted it, and same result, charging light.
I shut off all electrical draw items, my daughter plotted the course to the nearest Honda dealership on her phone, and three hours, one Air Bag Recall service, a new alternator, and $708 later, we were back on the road. Ouch!
I shut off all electrical draw items, my daughter plotted the course to the nearest Honda dealership on her phone, and three hours, one Air Bag Recall service, a new alternator, and $708 later, we were back on the road. Ouch!
#5
Yeah, checked the belt first thing (new belt last fall). Alternator was toast.
#6
That and a brand new Honda Alternator on a fifteen year old car with 170,000+ miles on the clock. Given the option I would never put new OEM anything in when a suitable remanufactured unit is available. New NAPA units are half the price of the Honda unit, and remanufactured NAPA units are a third of the price. The good news, if you can call it that, is the alternator is really nice and shiny.
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