Had to do a quick recovery on my '06 Montero while heading to dinner tonight. Thankfully the truck made it to the parking lot before the battery gave up the ghost.
The dilemma: I'm about to be on my 4th alternator in the last 20K miles. The truck is otherwise immaculate condition with nary the mechanical issue and only 75k miles. Admittingly the last two alternators where not original Mitsubishi units, but still I would have expected them to last longer. I typically do not get much warning before they go -- by the time the truck starts reporting low voltage, most everything starts to shutdown.
Anyhow else had this issue? Is there a "Mean Green" equivalent? Thank goodness it takes only a few minutes to change them out but I've been close to being stranded a couple of times now.
Regards,
vanroth
The dilemma: I'm about to be on my 4th alternator in the last 20K miles. The truck is otherwise immaculate condition with nary the mechanical issue and only 75k miles. Admittingly the last two alternators where not original Mitsubishi units, but still I would have expected them to last longer. I typically do not get much warning before they go -- by the time the truck starts reporting low voltage, most everything starts to shutdown.
Anyhow else had this issue? Is there a "Mean Green" equivalent? Thank goodness it takes only a few minutes to change them out but I've been close to being stranded a couple of times now.
Regards,
vanroth