Alternator replacement - 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5L engine

Replacing an alternator on a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe with a 3.5L engine. It's a tight job, but the main thing is to keep the alternator out of the way in removing the other items needed to get it out.

[nolanjoseph]

No annoying music, no distracting talking.... All mechanical totorial videos should be like this.😊

[jerryduggan]

You sir are a lifesaver, i was dreading doing this job for my daughter and i would have been lost without watch ing your video, i knew all the tools i needed before hand from the video and it saved me a ton of time....not to mention 1000$ if i took it to someone like a mechanic....thankyou thankyou thankyou...

[lowbatteries]

I wish other youtubers would watch your videos and take note. I spent hours, viewing other videos on how to do this. Your video, by far was the only one I felt comfortable enough to follow. From start, to finish, to even your straight forward title, it was spot on and I sincerely thank you!!!

[DemonRat]

I started taking my Mom's alternator out and said screw it I need some help on this. Found your video and decided it was going to be a lot easier than what I had read online. Thanks for the great video. I can now save my mom some money.

[infinitetradecraft]

Just did this for the second time. Thank you for posting this. Every other tutorial seems to skip over the part where you have to teleport the alternator through the wheel well. I can't say it wasn't a pain in the rear to do mostly alone, but that's just the design of the bracketry and the shoe-horned installation. This is likely the clearest and most straightforward video tutorial I've been able to find. *high five* and keep it coming.

[richardbossman]

I just did an alternator replacement on my wife's 2005 Sante Fe and wanted to point out two things. First was the fact that I was able to easily get the alternators ( old and new ) through the bottom opening rather than the side. After getting the AC compressor dropped and its bracket removed all I had to do was unplug/unbolt the alternator wiring and unbolt the alternator. The second was MAKE SURE you tighten the bolt back up on the tensioner pulley itself.

[niickyniick]

You’re the man! I assumed my in laws car was the 2.7. I was shocked to see it was the 3.5 and so much more work to get the damn thing out. This video helped so much. Ty

[jdosdall]

Thank you for producing this detailed video on the 2003 Hyundai 3.5 alternator. I never would have guessed how to go about it. My gratitude for you is only matched by my contempt for Hyundai's throw away car design philosophy which allows them to build things like interference engines and this unserviceable piece of *.

[oldtoothlesslion]

Hey GMF thanks for the video you saved me a lot of time and heartache trying to trial and error this swap. Your video is top notch professional. I’d like to note I appreciate you don’t waste time explaining trivial details most any diy mechanic already knows ex “which way to turn a socket”.

[paulmohney]

I was so stoked when I found this. I am a shade tree mechanic, driven by necessity, and consider You tube a gift from god.

I'm doing this repair for a friend who needs the thing but can't afford a real mechanic to fix it. That being said I went back and stared at the engine compartment, again and on the passengers side of the motor, there is a plastic cover that goes on forever, front to back and of some depth (as far as I can see from the top) is there some way to get this off not involving moving the motor.
if not I'm going to buy him an alternator and serpentine belt and apologize for wasting his time.

[harlow]

I had saved this video for future reference and I finally had to use it after my ALT died last week. It was a bit of a pain, but worth it to save money and gain experience. Thank you very much!!

[DormantIdeasNIQ]

ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS, hands down. I don't produce videos but if I did, that is the way I would do it.
...starting teaching all the grand instructors on the Net!
- Rule on battery DISCONNECT: B- first, then B+ --- CONNECT: B+ then B-... thus taking the B- off does not break that rule.
- Also, do not charge the battery while hooked up to the vehicle, always disconnect both terminals when charging.

[raccoon_]

Great video. Not much of a car person and didn’t want to pay $450 for labor. Took me 10 hours with little to no experience. But works great. Thanks.

[patrickbowman]

Just finished this doing this for a neighbor, couldn't have done it without this video!

[heidimelcarek]

TYVM! Ugh, what a bear of a job! But your step-by-step instructions were very helpful.

[sergiogonzalez]

Thank you for this, greatly helped me, it turned into an hour and a half job with both drive belts being replace also. This video was very detailed and of great instructional guidance.

[fonzo]

my brother is a mechanic and just did this same job on my 04 hyundai santa fe with the big 6 and it took him about 3 hours, don't think he watched this video it probably would have helped because hes a honda mechanic but he said it was a gigantic pain in the ass because of the age of the car with bolts rusted on etc, he said he was glad he didn't work for hyundai, he did say it was the original alternator that had 190k on it which actually amazed him, he said damn, never seen that before, lol

[jimgutzwiller]

Thank you! Very well done video, would not have attempted this if this video wasn't out there.

[nolanjoseph]

Excellent video and very helpful.  I took off the front bumper and radiator.  I was stuck and did not know what to do next.  Your video pulled me out of a nightmare.  Thanks a million.  I'm subscribing.

[cl]

Great video Thanks Grease Monkey. My mechanic quoted ~$485. $250 for a new alternator. You can buy a remanufactured alternator with lifetime warranty for $135. So, I saved around $350. Whether it was worth it or not remains in question. It was a beeyoch!!