Anyone using a battery other then a
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Instructor
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From: Windy City Illinois
Anyone using a battery other then a
Red Top, want to replace battery and a thought about a red top but read about their failures on forum, just wondering what other people replaced their factory batteries with. thanks.
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When I replaced the origional battery in my 1999 coupe, I went with another Delco. The Delco battery I put in my Oldsmobile went 10 years, 10 months before it gave me any problems. I've been very happy with Delco batterys.
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Anyone using a battery other than a
The recommended Delco replacement battery for the C5 is #78-H6YR.
It is a 10" battery vs. the original 9". Two years, no problems so far.
This is the warranty replacement battery to replace leaking AGM
batteries.
It is a 10" battery vs. the original 9". Two years, no problems so far.
This is the warranty replacement battery to replace leaking AGM
batteries.
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From: Mesquite, The Republic of Texas
Originally Posted by Tom/99
When I replaced the origional battery in my 1999 coupe, I went with another Delco. The Delco battery I put in my Oldsmobile went 10 years, 10 months before it gave me any problems. I've been very happy with Delco batterys.
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From: pawleys island sc
Originally Posted by Sully C5
No problems with our Optima Yellow Top.
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From: arlington tx
Originally Posted by 99 vett babycar
. The only down side is that it's not a designer brand - it's just a car battery.
my 5 yr old autozone battery started to crap out so i went to autozone and got another one for almost half of one of the "designer" batteries and its workin just fine.
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4.5 years on my Red Top now and no problems. But there are other good batteries out there. Exide is one.
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the yellow top here works great. it matches the car, my headlight dont dim on hard bass hits and its never failed to crank on me...knock on wood like my ac delco did.
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From: Vinton VA
I've tried the red top in 3 of my C-5's and to date I've had to replace ALL three! You couldn't pay me to have another one!!! You can forget any help on the warranty.
Buy an Advance battery for half the price and enjoy the ride....Those "designer batteries" are way over rated.
Buy an Advance battery for half the price and enjoy the ride....Those "designer batteries" are way over rated.
