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Did you have the new alternator tested before you installed it? I have already purchased aftermarket parts from places like Autozone and installed them and have found they are defective. I installed a starter only to find out the starter was bad. I took it back to Autozone, they gave me another one, I asked to have it tested and IT was defective. I had to go to another store to get one that worked. freak of nature? Maybe ...but it does and has happened. Make sure the belt on the alternator isn't slipping.

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