NEW......T36 Alternator Recall

[SouthernComfort]

I have known it happen in other late model cars. The last one was in friend's Astra, alt went after about 3yrs, very low mileage. I think manufacturers have just loaded more and more electronic gear on cars without developing alternators adequate enough for the long term, and Jeep is a clear culprit.

Alternators in older cars had a fighting chance with much less pull on them. Remember wind down windows, absence of AC, carbies, mechanical ignition, no ECU etc? (not that I miss most of those!). I'd never thought about an alternator failing until the last 10years or so.

[OLMATE]

Originally Posted by johnnywal

The alternator problem is it age specific, mileage specific, number of maximum load specific or hit and miss? Does replacing the rectifier guarantee all is good or does it just push the failure down the road hopefully for a bit longer. Surely there must been a solution as I have never had alternator problems at all in 55 years of motoring, except except where it has been a mechanical problem like worn bearing or brushes through huge kilometres.

Same thoughts here Johnny, remember the days if you had a 55amp Bosch alternator on the ol Kingswood you were doing great, You,d throw a spare regulator complete with brush holder, and if it needed replacing,2 phillips head screws and 2 minutes later all done, I guess when you look at it nothing was heated such as seats, steering wheel, etc, etc.

[Grippy]

Originally Posted by OLMATE

Same thoughts here Johnny, remember the days if you had a 55amp Bosch alternator on the ol Kingswood you were doing great, You,d throw a spare regulator complete with brush holder, and if it needed replacing,2 phillips head screws and 2 minutes later all done, I guess when you look at it nothing was heated such as seats, steering wheel, etc, etc.

Haha the good ol days. I'm pretty sure my old MK2 Cortina only had a 30a alternator, did alright, easy to replace, external regulator which was a piece of cake to fix.
Infact I could have the engine out in under half an hour, so easy

[SouthernComfort]

And the old HR I had with a ram air-heater, no electric fan (geez, I'd forgotten all about it). And the car with vacuum operated wipers....oh stop it, this is way too much nostalgia!

[Grippy]

Originally Posted by SouthernComfort

And the old HR I had with a ram air-heater, no electric fan (geez, I'd forgotten all about it). And the car with vacuum operated wipers....oh stop it, this is way too much nostalgia!

Haha, my first few cars had ram air heaters, MK1 and Mk2 Cortina's, HR Holden, haha.
I bought an early MK1 Cortina i the 90's that had been sitting in a shed for donkey's years that still had the negative earth, a generator and a little manual push thingo for the washer fluid to squirt out

[OLMATE]

https://www.productsafety.gov.au/rec...grand-cherokee

Just out of Interest these alternators that are failing, are they more prone to the 180amp or the heavy duty 220amp

[bjm]

The recall is for both 180 and 220 amp alternators fitted to petrol only WKs as per recall notice.FCA have up to now not included the diesel in the recall even though same alt same electro hydralic steering etc.ie It appears currently FCA Aust are now reimbursing Aust diesel owners if their alt fails ,as they should!
This was / is a world wide safety related recall.