e30

anyone else have a problem with the autozone water pump ive had mine in a little over a year and its dead already

customzj73

I have had 3 different jeeps and put autozone WPs on and never had a problem

e30

how many miles have you put on them? perhaps i just got a bum one?

customzj73

I put prolly at the most on my last one about 8k and then sold it and working like a charm. But if it fails I guesss that's where the warranty comes in hand

jronald

Lets say the factory rebuilds 100,000 water pumps a year, Im sure its more, but lets stick with this number. With a failure rate of just 1/2% there are 500 pumps that are floating around out there that are bad.

Put another way, "its like winning the Lottery....in reverse!"

Sorry man
Ron

customzj73

Good way to put it, I'm guessing its still on warranty unless you got the cheapo one? Go warranty it and 45 minutes later you will have a good one

EVILXJ

If it was duralast its a lifetime. Valuecraft 1 year

HighRoller

Duralast is also a new pump where Valuecraft is a reman.... I've got AZ wp's on 3 of my Cherokees, the oldest having about 45,000 on it with never an issue. Didn't see many come back across the counter either during my time there (5 years or so).

treah

i have put about 60k on one and its still going strong thinking about changing it but i dont see the point since it is still working

jronald

HighRoller I had 9 years! Manager and AA/DM in North Carolina and Virginia.

Ron

e30

I got another AZ last one I'm goin with the dealers wp next time

Grolla42

I go to Advance Auto Parts, half the time Autozone doesn't have my part or its more expensive

HighRoller

Cool, I was assistant at 2468 and managed at 1260... The rest of the time I traveled around fixing planagrams at problem stores and doing store set-ups & inventories. I'm sure we know many of the same people. I don't "technically" still work for the company but I do run a little side business doing the floors for the stores in my (well really it's Craigs [the DM] ) district to help fund my builds.

Gimme an A! Gimme a U! etc.... LOL

jronald

Mgr
411 Fayettenam
297 Spring Lake
454 Laurinburg
4?? Dunn
470 Roanoke Rapids
2428 Roxboro

DM
2428 Roxboro
2432 Oxford
906 Danville
24?? Reidsville
4?? Eden
24?? Danville
??? Martinsville
???? Collinsville
???? Rocky Mount

Was Part of Charlotte, Roanoke, and Raleigh region/district. Drove 35,000 miles in 15 months. Never went more than 2 hours 1 way to my farthest store.
Got tired of the driving, so I started looking. Roanoke found out and canned me on a trumped up Loss prevention issue. I did not catch my Mgrs wife making the deposit 1 time per week. NO MONEY WAS EVER MISSING. When they took the car, I was told to get my personal belongings and they would drive me home. I grabbed my cell phone, tossed the keys to them and walked around the corner to my wife's office. Gone on a Thursday and started work on Monday! Had I been working for North Carolina at the time, I would have received a slap on the wrist. Instead I worked for a guy that had brain damage, Im not kidding he had a brain tumor and had NO short term memory at all.

Ron

HighRoller

Sad, but that doesn't surprise me....

We may have met at one time or another. I worked laurinburg, spring lake, and Fayetteville quite often. 454 was our hub when I was at 2468 (Roberts ave. in Lumberton) I remember John Cooper running it then and now a friend of mine (Alvin R) manages it. When I was there, Andy (Gilbert's son from L&P) was running Fayetteville I believe (or maybe it was Spring lake). It's been 6-7 years since I was an employee, I still do the floors in the first 4 stores you listed though.