Alternator on Hyundai Matrix and Hyundai Avante

Both of the vehicle has a history of replacing their alternator, Elantra in 2018  shorturl.at/gSUV8 and Matrix in 2014 shorturl.at/EIMRU  . And today I send them to a shop in Kepong to have it check and replace the necessary parts.

Address: 65, JALAN METRO PERDANA TIMUR 7 KEPONG ENTREPRENEURS PARK, 7TH MILES, Jln Besar Kepong, Pekan Kepong, 52100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

I'm not going to reveal how much is the repair cost but I can say..it is acceptable. I collected on the same day.

Had both alternator strip but before that, they mount on a spinner and test is the alternator is dead or alive. Going thru the process, since the alternator is open up, I told them to replace the bearing and bearing guide.

During inspection found both alternator carbon brush require to be replace Carbon brush assembly, left for Elantra and Matrix is on the right

Rotor without bearing

Fully assemble

The test bed to test the alternator before and after repair.

Both alternator fully restored and and wrapped  up as standby spares.

On the left is Elantra and on the right is Matrix. Both look the same but different is on the socket.

My Alternator

Here are the short history of my alternator for both of my Hyundai's

Hyundai Matrix 2005, after clocking 140,000km had it's alternator replace on year 2014...that is a good 9 years.

I had it replaced with OEM alternator....until today it still running good..now clocking to almost 200,000km, 4 years after replacement of the alternator.


My Hyundai Avante X20 alternator fail on year 2018, 10 years of continuous driving clocking 166,000km. Now clocking 180,000km...the OEM alternator is working good.

The alternator on the left is from Avante X20 and on the right is from Matrix.
Earlier plan was to send them for  recondition, until today 3/12/2018..they are still in my safe keeping without doing anything....how time flies!!!.

Looking at above, I have to prepare an alternator for Matrix as back up.