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For about a month now my alternator has been going out. I replaced the Alternator about a year ago with one I purchased from Auto Zone (they were all rebuilt). But recently in the past month the alternators will go out every weekend. I take them back to AutoZone and get them replaced with the lifetime warranty that I have and still they seem to be going out. Now, I think I may have narrowed down the problem to a few things. 1.) I have no under engine cover and it is possible that when it rains water gets into the alternator and shorts it. But this is inconsistent considering it didn't rain the first week or the second week my alternator went out. 2.) About a year ago when my alternator first went out it was a result from a leaking value directly above the alternator that shorted it. I bought a brand new valve instead of using a screw. It is possible that this valve may have gone bad as well and the same thing is happening. But when I take the alternators out they are clean as when I got them. 3.) Could be that Auto Zone has been giving me bad alternators that go out after a short while. EverytBut getting 4 bad alternators in a row is unlikely. Also everytime I take them in the machine they use to test them has read positive results. 4.) I found my heat shield but unfortunately, the alternator went bad before I could put it on. Hadn't used the heat shield since I took it off a year ago and Its in the middle of winter right now so I don't think they are overheating. 5.) My last conclusion is that maybe the power cable that hooks into the alternator is going bad. But would that kill me alternators? I know it is not the ground cable because I see the grounded cable in front of me. Please let me know what you think. Your opinion is valuable to me. I really don't want to sell this car just yet.

Mine just suddenly stopped working. Hoping someone else with this issue has come up with a fix by now.

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