Alternator failure

[dczapla]

I have a 2008 Damon Tuscany on a Freightliner chassis. My alternator seized at 23,500 miles and caused my serpentine belt to break. It is out of warranty and Freightliner and Damon are not willing to assist. My neighbor had the same thing happen to him and I found another post with the same issue. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't feel this should have happened with this new of a motorcoach.

[popsuscdds]

dczapla:
I agree with you. I think you are stuck with replacing the belt and alternator. Our coach under the previous owner lost an alternator at 19,000, another at 19,200, and the last at 23,000 after I bought the coach. I made doubly sure that the final alternator was new, not rebuilt, and installed by a company that installs lots of alternators on big trucks.. Don't have the alternator rebuilt. Go for new!
Have Fun
Milt

[doc]

Our 2008 Damon Essence had the Leese Neville (hope that is right and spelled correctly) seized shortly after we bought it. Of course the belt burned into and we were just heading out on our first trip in this coach. Called Freightliner and they sent a tow truck and took it to the nearest Freightliner dealer and had the thing replaced and on the road again in two days. We didn't have to pay anything, but there was only a couple of thousand miles on it as well. Any idea where the cutoff is for warranty work on this thing?

[ejm4]

Always carry a spare belt and any commercial truck service can install a new alternator roadside and avoid a tow bill and downtime.

[HeapBigEngin]

I agree....carry a spare alt belt. And don't forget a spare AC belt also!

[Yaj]

I carry a spare alternator also! A DP's alternator in the back gets a lot of crap thrown at it from the road, result: alternator fails from contamination.