GordnadoCRD wrote:
tjkj2002 wrote:
They have a lifetime warranty for a reason,you will be using it often.
You buy air fresheners at autozone,not hard engine parts.
I've got a friend here that just went through that with Autozone remanufactured alternators. He had 5 straight defective ones, and I don't mean the worked a little while then quit, ALL of them were bad straight from the box.
When he took the 4th one back, they flat out accused him of doing something to make them go bad. He told them to pull the 5th one from the box and test it right there, but they had no tester at that store. They sent it to another store that tested it that afternoon. It was bad.. New in the box Reman.
He took a refund and shops at Napa now.
This can't be a local store problem, all of these came from their Reman supplier. I don't know who they are, but someone there had a really crappy day, and leveraged it into a crappy week for him.
Dean, I really hope your experience with them is not like that. I guess just drive it and worry about that bridge if it goes out.
As to Autozone parts, I have not had any problems with parts I have bought from them so far, and I have bought a lot of them!
Running their alternators on my Jeep and my Dodge 360 gasser. Been on Jeep for over 2 years now!
Running their Duralast CPS, it was a Bosch OEM sensor in the box and they had the absolute best price of anyone for it!
Both rear window regulators for the Jeep came from Autozone and have been in service since 2013 with no issues.
Many Moog parts purchased from them!
Some may have had bad luck with them, but so far my experience with them has been good.
I buy mostly from Autozone or NAPA, and O'reilly's occasionally depending on price and availability.
Advance is the only store that I rarely purchase anything from other than lube or filter products. Some of their hard parts have had some issues.
But to each his own, it's a free market, buy from whomever you like! Anyone can get a bad part every now and then especially if they do a lot of mechanical repair....
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