Four Cylinder Engine

• 1). Disconnect the vehicle's negative battery cable, loosening its cable clamp nut with a wrench.
  
  
• 2). Unplug the electrical connectors for the alternator.
  
  
• 3). Loosen the upper adjusting mount bolt and the lower mount bolt with your wrench, then turn the adjusting bolt counterclockwise to loosen the drive belt. Remove the drive belt.
  
  
• 4). Remove the alternator's two mounting bolts and remove the alternator.
  
  
• 5). Install the replacement alternator and attach the mounting bolts.
  
  
• 6). Reinstall the alternator drive belt and then tighten the upper and lower adjusting mount bolts.
  
  
• 7). Connect the alternator's electrical connectors and connect the negative battery cable.
  
  
• 8). Adjust the tension for the alternator drive belt by prying on the alternator housing and tightening the upper tension and lock bolts followed by the lower bolt.
  
  

V6 Engine

• 1). Disconnect the battery cable as described above.
  
  
• 2). Loosen and remove the alternator drive belt. If the vehicle has a 3.5-liter engine, turn the tensioner's adjustment bolts with your wrench. For a 2.7-liter engine, rotate the tensioner with a breaker bar.
  
  
• 3). Disconnect the alternator's electrical connectors.
  
  
• 4). Unbolt and remove the alternator.
  
  
• 5). Install the replacement with its mounting bolts and connect the electrical connectors.
  
  
• 6). Reinstall the alternator using the tensioner or its adjustment bolts. If you need to use the wrench ion the tensioner bolts, turn them to properly adjust the belt tension.
  
  
• 7). Reconnect the battery cable.