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Hi, just looking for some advise from the experts here!
I have a 2000 A6 Avant Quattro Sport 2.5TDI. The alternator went on this car and the mechanic I took it to replaced the alternator for me. The alternator that went in was brand new, but was not an OEM part from Audi as far as I know. A few months later this alternator went again and my mechanic replaced it for me again, at no charge to me. I was told this was also a brand new alternator and not a repair on the previous one.
Today I dropped the car off at my mechanic again as I am convinced the alternator is on the way out again. All the lights inside the car and the dim/head lights all dim and brighten continuously. The flicker is most notable when you start the car first thing in the morning, but persists throughout the day. Last time it went like this, the flickering of the lights gradually got worse and worse until I started hearing various clicking noises from behind the dash each morning as the electronics went crazy. Last time the mechanic also replaced my battery for me as the other one had been damaged by too much voltage being sent to it by the alternator.
This morning my mechanic kept telling me he was going to drop the car to the "alternator guy" and have him look at it. My mechanic started telling me stuff like "the warranty is with the alternator guy" etc. It's fairly obvious he is trying to lay the ground work for me to accept it's nothing to do with him and that I have to deal with the alternator guy who is probably at best only going to offer me another new alternator, I doubt he would cover the cost of installing the alternator.
Can anyone offer me any advise on what could be causing the alternator to go? Is it just a case of a bad batch of alternators? Could my car have some other problem that causes the flicker in the lights to gradually get worse and worse? and ultimately who should be sorting this out for me? I'm not a lawyer, but shouldn't my contract be with the guy who did the work? not his parts supplier? Thanks!
I have a 2000 A6 Avant Quattro Sport 2.5TDI. The alternator went on this car and the mechanic I took it to replaced the alternator for me. The alternator that went in was brand new, but was not an OEM part from Audi as far as I know. A few months later this alternator went again and my mechanic replaced it for me again, at no charge to me. I was told this was also a brand new alternator and not a repair on the previous one.
Today I dropped the car off at my mechanic again as I am convinced the alternator is on the way out again. All the lights inside the car and the dim/head lights all dim and brighten continuously. The flicker is most notable when you start the car first thing in the morning, but persists throughout the day. Last time it went like this, the flickering of the lights gradually got worse and worse until I started hearing various clicking noises from behind the dash each morning as the electronics went crazy. Last time the mechanic also replaced my battery for me as the other one had been damaged by too much voltage being sent to it by the alternator.
This morning my mechanic kept telling me he was going to drop the car to the "alternator guy" and have him look at it. My mechanic started telling me stuff like "the warranty is with the alternator guy" etc. It's fairly obvious he is trying to lay the ground work for me to accept it's nothing to do with him and that I have to deal with the alternator guy who is probably at best only going to offer me another new alternator, I doubt he would cover the cost of installing the alternator.
Can anyone offer me any advise on what could be causing the alternator to go? Is it just a case of a bad batch of alternators? Could my car have some other problem that causes the flicker in the lights to gradually get worse and worse? and ultimately who should be sorting this out for me? I'm not a lawyer, but shouldn't my contract be with the guy who did the work? not his parts supplier? Thanks!