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My neighbor said to just swap the alternator on my 2006 Corolla, and $180 later it still won't start
He has been fixing cars in his driveway on Elm Street for 15 years so I figured he knew what he was talking about, and I pulled the old alternator, took it to the parts store on a Tuesday, and dropped $180 on a reman unit. Put it in, turned the key, and got the same slow crank and click I had before, so now the battery is on a charger and I am out the cash plus a Saturday. Should I have tested the battery and cables first instead of trusting the first guy who sounded sure of himself?
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umamurphy28d ago
The click plus slow crank is almost always battery or cables, not the alternator. The alternator only charges the battery while the car runs, so a dead battery will not magically start the car once you bolt on a new one. That $180 would have been better spent on a $20 multimeter and ten minutes at the battery posts.
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