# Alternator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/24255>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 3, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/24255 "2009-01-03T01:05:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![hilltoprs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@hilltoprs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hilltoprs)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/24255/1 "2009-01-03T01:05:12Z")

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I have replaced the alternator in my '95 Mitsubishi Montero 3 times now,it lasts a year or then fails .Belt is good,not too tight .Why?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/24255/2 "2009-01-03T01:20:24Z")

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Has anyone checked to determine how they failed? Were they rebuilds? How is the battery? How do you know the alternators needed replacement?