New battery
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New battery
Went to chevy dealer yesterday and picked up a new battery(acdelco 7 yr.). Noticed today when installin,g that code on top of battery was P054R.From what i've been reading on the forum,they just sold me a battery built in May of 2004? Could this be right? if it is , it's definetly going back on Monday. They didn't have this battery in stock , so they ordered it for me.
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Went to chevy dealer yesterday and picked up a new battery(acdelco 7 yr.). Noticed today when installin,g that code on top of battery was P054R.From what i've been reading on the forum,they just sold me a battery built in May of 2004? Could this be right? if it is , it's definetly going back on Monday. They didn't have this battery in stock , so they ordered it for me.
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Some googling revealed that it is not uncommon for the date code to be a month or two pessimistic, reflecting the date factory thinks it will hit the shelf. So that could actually be one of "next month's" batch (5/14).
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I too would doubt that the battery was made in 2004. 2014 I could believe.
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According to that he benefits by getting a free month but what happens if it sits on the shelf at a dealer for a year or two ? Most batteries have a punch plate indicating when the battery was actually sold. If I was the purchaser of a Delco battery ( which I wouldn't I like Die Hard ) , I would have the dealer write on the receipt when the warranty expires.
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According to that he benefits by getting a free month but what happens if it sits on the shelf at a dealer for a year or two ? Most batteries have a punch plate indicating when the battery was actually sold. If I was the purchaser of a Delco battery ( which I wouldn't I like Die Hard ) , I would have the dealer write on the receipt when the warranty expires.
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According to that he benefits by getting a free month but what happens if it sits on the shelf at a dealer for a year or two ? Most batteries have a punch plate indicating when the battery was actually sold. If I was the purchaser of a Delco battery ( which I wouldn't I like Die Hard ) , I would have the dealer write on the receipt when the warranty expires.
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Some dealers inscribe the battery with purchase date or punch the date plate when it's sold. There is usually a sticker with the month shipped from factory.
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That's not the case for me with any battery I've bought in the last 15 - 20 years. The receipt has been the proof of purchase date while the date sticker on the battery itself has been the manufacture date. At least that's been my experience for many years. Maybe it's done differently in different parts of the country.
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I hadn't seen one of those punch plates in years until I bought the Corvette: the Deka that was in it had one. Bloody useless, since no one had bothered to punch out the install date.
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This may help. http://www.ehow.com/how_6172439_read...o-battery.html
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That's not the case for me with any battery I've bought in the last 15 - 20 years. The receipt has been the proof of purchase date while the date sticker on the battery itself has been the manufacture date. At least that's been my experience for many years. Maybe it's done differently in different parts of the country.
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If they had added another digit to the date code, don't you think someone would have noticed sometime in the last 3+ years?
This Delco document describes the code...note that it was updated in July 2012: http://www.acdelco.com/parts/warrant...y_warranty.pdf
This Delco document describes the code...note that it was updated in July 2012: http://www.acdelco.com/parts/warrant...y_warranty.pdf
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According to this link it was definetly manufactured in May 2004.I find this hard to believe but stranger things happen. This link also states that warranty starts at time of manufacture,so even though it's a 7 yr. warranty, it's been uot of warranty for 3 yrs. I guess I'll talk to dealer where I purchased it and see what their response is. Thanx
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Thanks for showing me that, JR-01, but none of the batteries in my three vehicles has that kind of sticker on them. Just small round stickers with month/year indicating date of manufacture. Maybe it's the different manufacturers where the difference lies.