[MR2] Dash lights flash

[Bob Schultz]

I bought my 86 in 1987 and the first one failed around 50,000 miles.
At the time there was no such thing as a rebuild so I ended up at the dealer
paying a fortune for a new one.  That one failed 2 years later and I started
putting on lifetime guaranteed rebuilds.  In the 10 years I owned the car I
went through a lifetime guaranteed rebuilt alternator 2 more times.

I know the rebuilds aren't worth much but given that 2 oem units failed
before 100,000 miles, well that isn't normal Toyota quality.



-----Original Message-----
From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Benn
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:06 PM
To: mr2 at mr2.com
Subject: Re: [MR2] Dash lights flash

Huh?  Likely just the brushes are worn out...hardly seems a quality issue, 
unless they wore out at 50k or something.
Benn

> Sure sounds like an intermittently failing Alternator.
>
> The alternators on these are not quite up to what you would expect of 
> Toyota
> quality...


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