[MR2] Dash lights flash

[Ken Blake]

Hi Bob,

 I think you may have been unlucky. My 88NA has been in the family since October 1993. It had 62k on it when I bought it. We
just put a new OEM alternator in it last year at ~175k miles. The one we took out was the original alternator.

Best regards,

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Bob Schultz
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:46 PM
To: 'Benn'; mr2 at mr2.com
Subject: Re: [MR2] Dash lights flash

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.