DIY 2005 Hyundai Tucson Alternator Replacement
Summary
TLDRThis video script details a DIY guide to replacing the alternator in a 2005 Hyundai Tucson. The process begins with diagnosing alternator failure through warning signs like dashboard lights. The tutorial covers jacking up the car, removing the front passenger tire, and detaching the battery. It proceeds with releasing the belt tension, disconnecting wires, and removing the faulty alternator. The script then guides through installing the new alternator, reconnecting wires, and adjusting the belt. Finally, it advises on jump-starting the car due to a drained battery and emphasizes the importance of safety and correct tool usage throughout the repair.
Takeaways
- 🔌 The video is about changing the alternator on a 2005 Hyundai Tucson due to warning signs like dashboard lights indicating a problem.
- 🚦 The alternator failure was confirmed when the car's lights dimmed and eventually died, necessitating a tow.
- 🔧 The first step was to jack up the car and remove the front passenger side tire to access the alternator.
- 🔨 Loosening the lug nuts before lifting the car off the ground was recommended for safety and ease of tire removal.
- 🛠️ The alternator was accessed by removing a plastic guard and disconnecting the battery's negative terminal.
- 🔄 The alternator pulley tension was released to remove the belt, a crucial step before alternator removal.
- 🔌 Disconnecting the wires from the alternator involved removing clips and unplugging a wire harness and a power plug.
- 🔩 The alternator was removed by loosening two main bolts, one of which required a torque wrench for proper removal.
- 🛡️ The alternator was covered in grease, possibly from a power steering fluid leak, indicating a potential cause of failure.
- 🔄 The installation of the new alternator involved reversing the removal process, including reconnecting wires and bolts.
- 🔋 After installation, the car needed to be jump-started due to the battery being drained, highlighting the importance of a functioning alternator for battery charging.
Q & A
What is the main issue described in the video script?
-The main issue described in the video script is the failure of the alternator in a 2005 Hyundai Tucson, which is causing warning lights on the dashboard and eventually leading to the car dying.
What are the warning signs that indicate a problem with the alternator?
-The warning signs include the 'check engine' light and the battery light coming on the dashboard, as well as the car's electrical systems such as the dashboard lights and headlights dimming before the car dies.
What diagnostic was performed to confirm the alternator issue?
-A diagnostic test was run at AutoZone to confirm that the alternator was the problem.
Why did the car need to be towed home?
-The car needed to be towed home because the alternator failed, causing the car to lose power to its electrical systems and ultimately die while driving.
What is the first step in the alternator replacement process shown in the video?
-The first step is to jack up the car and remove the front passenger side tire to access the alternator.
What tools are needed to remove the alternator?
-Tools needed include a jack, jack stands, a tire iron, a ratchet, and various socket wrenches (10mm, 13mm, and 9/16).
How many bolts and what types of connections need to be removed to access the alternator?
-There are two main bolts that hold the alternator, a wire harness clip, and a plug that needs to be disconnected.
What is the purpose of releasing tension on the tensioner pulley?
-Releasing tension on the tensioner pulley allows the belt to be removed from the alternator, which is necessary for its replacement.
What is the challenge faced when trying to remove the alternator?
-The challenge is the limited space to maneuver tools and hands, especially when trying to disconnect the electrical plug and tighten the bolts.
What is the procedure for installing the new alternator?
-The procedure involves positioning the new alternator, connecting the electrical plug and wire harness, and securing it with the appropriate bolts, followed by tightening them to the specified torque.
What is the final step before starting the car after the alternator replacement?
-The final step is to reconnect the battery terminals and ensure all components are in place before attempting to start the car.
How is the car jump-started after the battery has been depleted?
-The car is jump-started by connecting jumper cables from a live car to the dead car's battery terminals, starting the live car, and then attempting to start the dead car.
Outlines
🔧 Alternator Replacement on a 2005 Hyundai Tucson
The video script details the process of replacing the alternator in a 2005 Hyundai Tucson due to warning signs like dashboard lights indicating a problem. The car owner had a diagnostic test confirming the alternator's failure and experienced a total electrical failure while driving. The script outlines the steps to jack up the car, remove the front passenger tire, and access the alternator by removing a plastic guard and the battery's negative terminal. It also describes the release of the tensioner pulley to remove the belt from the alternator.
🛠 Disassembling and Preparing for Alternator Replacement
The script continues with the disassembly process of the old alternator, which includes unhooking the wire harness and removing two main bolts. The narrator also mentions creating more room by removing a power steering line fluid bolt. The difficulty of reaching and loosening the electrical nut is highlighted. After removing the alternator, the script describes the cleaning and inspection of the area, noting the presence of power steering fluid which may have contributed to the alternator's failure.
🔄 Installing the New Alternator and Reconnecting Wires
The script explains the installation of the new alternator, starting with attaching the carriage bolt and positioning the alternator in the engine compartment. It details the process of reconnecting the wire harness and ensuring a secure connection by tightening the nut and making sure the wire is in the correct groove. The video also shows how to reconnect the electrical plug and how to maneuver the alternator into the correct position for final bolt tightening.
🔩 Final Assembly and Jump-Starting the Car
The final steps include tightening the alternator bolts to the specified torque, reconnecting the power steering line, and reinstalling the plastic guard. The script also covers the process of jump-starting the car after the alternator replacement, emphasizing the importance of connecting jumper cables correctly and allowing the car to run to recharge the battery. The successful start of the car after the jump-start indicates a successful replacement.
📣 Conclusion and Car Start
The final paragraph of the script is incomplete but suggests a conclusion to the alternator replacement process. It implies that after all the steps have been completed, the car is started to verify the success of the repair, and there is a note on the loud noise the car makes, possibly indicating a need for further attention.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Alternator
💡Warning Signs
💡Diagnostic
💡Dash Lights
💡Jack
💡Lug Nuts
💡Tensioner Pulley
💡Wire Harness
💡Power Steering Line
💡Torque Wrench
💡Jump-Starting
Highlights
We're gonna be changing out the alternator on a 2005 Hyundai Tucson.
Warning signs included some lights coming on the dash, indicating a potential alternator issue.
Took the car to AutoZone for a diagnostic, confirming the alternator problem.
The car's lights went dim, the headlights went out, and the car died, necessitating a tow home.
First problem observed: the brake and battery lights were coming on.
Steps to change the alternator include jacking the car up, removing the front passenger side tire, and loosening the lug nuts.
Remove the plastic guard inside the wheel well and disconnect the negative terminal of the battery.
Release tension on the tensioner pulley to remove the belt from the alternator.
Unhook the wires connected to the alternator and remove the bolts securing the alternator.
Rotate the alternator to access the difficult-to-reach electrical nut on the backside.
Install the new alternator by reversing the steps taken to remove the old one.
Reconnect the wire to the post on the new alternator and ensure proper contact.
Reinstall the belt, plastic guard, and battery terminal; ensure everything is tightened correctly.
Jump-start the car if necessary and let it run to charge the battery.
Final step: reconnect the battery cables, reinstall the tire, and ensure the car starts and runs properly.
Transcripts
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we're gonna be changing out the
alternator on a 2005 Hyundai Tucson some
of our warning signs for some lights
coming on on the dash I think they kind
of spell a code out so we took it into
autozone had him run a diagnostic and it
definitely looks like the alternator I
went ahead and ordered one but then like
the day I ordered it that night we were
driving the car along and all of a
sudden like things started going dim
like a clock the dash lights and then
our headlights went out and then the car
pretty much died had had to tow it home
so that pretty much spelled out that it
was definitely the alternator so here we
are we're gonna change that sucker first
problem we ever saw these two lights
that break and the battery light were
coming on so that was sort of our
warning sign I didn't know what that was
looked it up turns out it's more serious
than a glitching panel it's actually
showing me that my alternate is probably
bi later these lights are right here t1
together while we were driving the ABS
brake and ESP off all right the first
thing we're gonna do is Jack the car up
so we can get that tire off front
passenger side tire you want the jacks
go right here on this this ridged part I
know it seems kind of weird because it's
thin but we just want the the jack to
come up on that how to jack stand ready
so we can have the car set down on that
all right so our goal is to lift the car
up high enough that we can get a little
free play under the tire a good thing to
do first and loosen your lug nuts before
you get the car off the ground okay so
like I said while that there's still
weight on the tire we're just gonna use
the tire iron that come that's in the
back of the car right where the spare
tire is
your Hyundai Tucson should have the jack
that comes with it it's by the spare
tire in the back not one's gonna give us
enough to get this off the ground don't
pick your jack right there there's like
some bolts there that are gonna make it
it won't sit flat
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okay so I've got a couple of Jack's
downs house I put my floor jack under
the front just the triple table backup
alright so I'm about to remove the tire
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thing a wheel chock like one of your
back tires okay so once we've got two
tire off this is what you see in here
first thing we're gonna have to remove
is this this plastic guard right there
the ten millimeter bolt they're round up
and around there's three more real quick
I'm just gonna go ahead and take off the
negative terminal of the battery that's
a ten millimeter okay so our next step
is to release tension on the tensioner
pulley so that we can get the belt off
of the alternator
there's the alternator right there
that's alternator pulley
there's the belt on it gonna belt my
bottom powers belt goes right up to
that's the tensioner pulley right there
and we're just gonna put the drive of
our ratchet in that square right there
we're just gonna crank down and pull
just to loosen the tension once you get
your ratchet in there you're gonna need
to pull with your right arm you get the
belt off alternator with your left
alright so now I've got the handle way
up high so I have some leverage it's not
as hard as I thought it would be do that
and I should all right so the pulley is
now off just okay so here's a top view
from inside the engine compartment and
next is to unhook wires there's three
different things you're gonna have to
unhook two of them rack of power
I think going in and out of the
alternator one of just like a wire wire
harness actually do that one first we'll
go under
right here there's just a little clip
that that harnesses this wire right
there I might already hadn't done but
you'll have to pull that clip out of
yours here's my new alternator which I
ordered from rockauto.com and just to
show you what you're gonna be working
with so this is where that the wire
harness thing plugs in I don't even know
how necessary that is cuz mine's been
broken that then there's a plug there
and then there's this this one will be
screwed on with a boot over it I finally
decided minute need more room for my arm
get in here so I took out this bolt I
think that's the power steering line
fluid line and that's just a bolt that
sort of anchors it I pulled that out so
I could push the power steering light
out of my way to get my hand back in
here cuz it's just barely enough room
once I could get my right on through
through here and then left hand up
through here then I can kind of get both
fingers on the plug and use my left hand
and my left index finger to push the
button on the back and then my right
hand just to jiggle it free it's really
hard it's not easy
you have two half-inch socket 13
millimeter fits two of a half-minute
seems to fit
I'm actually having a really hard time
getting my ratchet on that second wire
nut back there and so me I might be able
to when I pull the alternator out I
might be able to reach it better so I
might try about we alternate at first
and I kind of sliding it out we'll see
it so what I'm doing two main bolts that
hold the alternator and then the lower
one is right here and I just got 9/16 I
just took my ratchet on there and it's
really tight so I really wanted to use
my torque wrench that I have has a
really long handle on it so I can get
lots of leverage and so I'm just going
straight down three it's kind of a
wishbone shape to the up to the CV joint
anything I'm just going through there
and I was able to get enough torque to
break that one loose top bolt to the
alternators right there of course that
one's at twelve Mills there of it now
and there's some enough to use a wrench
least I have a ratcheting boxing range
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okay we actually have it lift it out all
right okay so it's still having a hard
time getting to that one electrical nut
on the backside of the alternator so now
I'm gonna try to actually pull the
alternator out damn like explaining this
hole just to be too small to get it
through things getting in the way is
this bracket right here that I'm like
again I think that's power steering line
and it's just a bracket that holds holds
it into there there's that 10 millimeter
bolt right there and if we pull that out
we can get this bracket out of our way
we've got that cracked off one of the
reasons I think this alternator went bad
is there's just stuff all over it which
i think is actually a power steering
fluid from the top of the engine now
with the alternator rotated I can see
that and that right there I'm gonna be
able to get the camera on it while I
undo it so this is the only way I was
able to write much work on it I don't
know like if you're doing this exactly
like me you might not have rotated it
the same way so just however you can get
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puzzle piece all right so I don't know
if you could see that but I pointed the
pulley out I pointed the polio through
this there we go you can just point the
pulley over the axle and then it comes
out of the wheel well you can tell this
alternator is just covered in grease
which I think may be dripping from the
power steering fluid I'll take a note of
this that wire post right there was a
twelve millimeter on the old one
and it's a half inch on the new one all
right so we are ready to install our new
alternator take this carriage bolt from
your old one mine was pretty grind up so
I just sprayed some degreaser on the
bolts and the nuts and you're just gonna
slide that one right through there
we'll go ahead and just lightly screw on
that nut we're not gonna tighten it down
or anything but we just want that to be
ready to slide down in that little
carriage arm inside there so we're just
gonna try to reverse how we took out the
other one with the plastic armature on
the backside toward the inside of the
engine and just going like this way so
your pulley is facing you before we get
it up in there go ahead and take this
nut off because that's gonna have to go
over the top of that the wire once we
slide it down on there and I'm gonna try
to position this first where I can
really get to that wire and I'm gonna
screw the wire down on I'm gonna try to
tighten that nut real good before I
situate the alternator in and tighten
down the bolts that hold it in
I think that's gonna help me get that
wire see this is from top that side of
it and that's where the wire comes down
I'll probably have to just blindly fuel
around to get it on the post okay
finally got the wire on the post so
right there this is the boot but I just
haven't reached him with my left hand
and like you can't see anything you just
had to feel it on to the post so you
have to get it no so it slides in and
they groove part here but now I just
need to get the net on and tighten it
down and then it needs to slide all the
way down so it makes the contact so I'm
just gonna actually show you on the old
alternator here see how this plastic
housing has grooves here and there on
the side so basically we're trying to
slide that wire on this post and get it
to touch flat down on that metal right
there it needs to make a good contact
and then tighten this nut good and snug
a tricky part though is gonna get that
to have the wire go in that groove there
because I don't have the alternator set
where it needs to go yet then after I
get that on then I'm gonna set it in
where it needs to go and then tighten
them okay so what I did is I just I
reached in and tightened just thumb
thumb screw the nut on just so that the
wire can't come off the post while we
move it around then I'm gonna situate
the alternator the way it's supposed to
go and then tighten it okay here's
another view from down through the wheel
well so see I position the alternator so
the pulleys facing out to me now and
what that did was that rotated the post
there such a way that the wires in the
correct place now so now when I tighten
the night
tighten it right now it means to was
able to get it I think sufficiently
tight on from here it looks like it's
making contact so I'm happy with that
now there's a boot that goes over and
just need to make sure that covers it
probably keeps up moisture okay next
step I'm showing you on the old
alternator
let's put this plug in remember this
part is facing toward the engine the
pulley is facing out towards where the
tire would be hit so the clip part of
this plug goes toward the engines I
might just have to feel around because
it's all on the back there's the right
side of the alternator just need to
sitting that little year there it's like
a cradle just reaching down blindly and
try to reach it and plug it and it's not
easy that you have a fuel-air until you
get it okay I finally got it um there's
not much room for that plug down there
so you actually have to kind of Palm the
alternator lift it up as far as it'll go
as you're plugging I'll share yo-yos
okay so here's actually how it's sitting
in the car and then sew around there
like that that's where we're trying to
plug it and so actually I got what I did
was I just took my hand and sort of palm
dinh then lifted it this way at the same
time I held the plug with these fingers
and pushed it in because behind the plug
there's not if this the alternator
sitting like that there's not going to
be enough room for the plugs
lift snap it in and that also lines up
this hole where that bolts going to go
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right there we're gonna let them we're
gonna line up those holes and stick that
bolt in tighten it and that was I
reaching from behind the axle and
everything I reached up through it
helped with my left hand
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that's bolt then with my right hand if
you want to you have to kind of hold the
alternator up against that arm and that
bracket right there
toward you and then line up the hole
because you want to make real sure you
don't strip out that bolt right there
and it should be able to thumb tighten
it all the way in or almost all the way
in because those it's really highly
machined threads in there and that will
help you know you're not cross threading
it okay so I was only able to find
torque specs 406 and newer two songs I'm
just gonna go ahead and assume it's the
same for the 2005 so that right there is
the pivot bolt and it says 14 to 18 foot
my own get that set burner torque wrench
alright that's a 9/16 everything got the
top or the bottom one's quite tightened
yes I'm gonna I'm gonna go up here and
tighten the top one just cuz the whole
thing is a little loose and wobbly
remember this one's a 12 millimeter and
you have a really tight space right here
to get in and so if you have these box
in ratchet wrenches man they're so nice
to get that would click there we go 14
to 16 on the lower one and 11 to 16
foot-pounds on this top one low light I
don't even think I can get my torque
wrench in there I have to have an
adapter and my drives to get it down the
fist
I might just tighten that one down just
hope it's close the next step is to get
the belt back and remember we just
popped our to drive on our ratchet into
onto this hold that down it's not too
hard just like that swing that down too
you get enough slack and then there we
go let off okay now I'm just gonna put
that bracket back on that goes right
here it's just like a mounting bracket
where you can hook the power steering
- Boehm - and that's a ten millimeter so
first we're gonna put the bolt down in
the bottom next we're gonna put this
little plastic guard back on remember
it's three well actually supposed to be
four bolts that go on there they're all
ten millimeter all right I can't
remember if I mentioned it in the video
I took off the engine cover just so I
could get better access to the side over
here and that's just four bolts that are
ten millimeter super easy slide that
back on those guys yeah good time to go
ahead and put the battery posts back on
and if you're like me you your car died
because the alternator crapped out on
you and you had to use up every last bit
of juice in battery to get back home
somehow
and in which case your battery is gonna
need to be jump something to say charge
it up to do that it's not gonna crash
right out all right now let's just get
our tire
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just a reminder when jumping cars you
want to park the cars next to each other
both first we're gonna attach the
positive jumper cable to the dead car
and then positive to the live car and
the negative to the live car negative
post and then the other end of the
negative on the dead car just attach it
to the frame somewhere and parked it
part of the frame then we're gonna start
a live car and let it sit for five
minutes and try to start
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the moment of truth the car started
right up let it run for a while that
really charged that battery up
disconnect your battery cables in office
then you hear how loud that car is that
turn next
the
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