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What was the voltage when you first got it displayed on the EVIC?

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From memory it was around 12V. It was 30km from when i got the message till I got home (Caloundra to Glasshouse Mountains)
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Do you have the phone number of these warehouse you have been calling?
The dealer who had my Jeep would not give it too me when I asked for it so i could ring them to ask WTF was going on. It was spare parts who told me they had 62 sitting on the shelf.
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For those who have had failures on their diesel models it may be worth going to this site
https://www.productsafety.gov.au/con...unsafe-product
& provide the details of what happened.

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If the alternator recall applies to your car (petrol) surely you're entitled to get it done before it fails? No recall yet on the diesel. The other problem is, there are no genuine replacements available, about 4-6 weeks on back order one dealer just told me.
If they don't really know what's causing the failure then who's to say a new alternator won't fail quicker? I guess this is a question to ask robert.lawson@fcagroup.com?

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Doing some research on MoparParts Worldwide looks like there is 3 different alternators 160A, 180A and 220A. The 160A was discontinued in 2016 by the look of availability on that year model. Otherwise same alternators from 2011 - 2017. I assume the T36 recall was only for the 160A alternators on the petrol V6.
There appears to have been a few failures of the diesel alternators lately 220A ??
The alternator is not very accessible to check the part number against. Does anyone have one removed and found a part number ??
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If they don't really know what's causing the failure then who's to say a new alternator won't fail quicker?
In my experience Alternator failures in modern applications come in generally a couple of flavours,

1) Clutch pulley drive or bearing failure:---- this doesn't seem to be a issue here.

2 )They run too hot which causes the solid state components and or the insulation on windings to fail:---- very likely the problem here. This weakness is ultimately resolved by redesign improving internal airflow and improving the design of the in built fan

3) Related to this failure mode is that they are under engineered for the task they are being asked to do. :---- also a likely the problem here. It is also usually resolved by redesigning the alternator.

Are the replacements identical or are they improved? that is a question I would be asking FCA.
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