Battery Failure Lore
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From: Orange CA
Battery Failure Lore
I hopped in my car last evening turned the key to start, got a half second of cranking and then all heck broke loose. The door locks started buzzing, CD popped out of player, interior and dash lights flickered, plus a variety of buzzing and clicking noises from under the hood and interior fuse box area. Eventually everything electrical died except for a constant clicking from the BCM which stopped if the battery was disconnected. The car could not be jump started. Whoa there, I need to use this car tonight! I checked all fuses and those connections at the BCM and the drivers door boot. All OK. Bottom line, I went out and bought an Optima red top dropped it in and everything works fine. The GM AGM battery was less than 3 years old, and gave no indication of immanent failure. The car is driven every day. I've never had a battery fail so suddenly or so spectacularly! :eek:
Safety Car
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Battery Failure Lore (C5INBLU)
I hopped in my car last evening turned the key to start, got a half second of cranking and then all heck broke loose. The door locks started buzzing, CD popped out of player, interior and dash lights flickered, plus a variety of buzzing and clicking noises from under the hood and interior fuse box area. Eventually everything electrical died except for a constant clicking from the BCM which stopped if the battery was disconnected. The car could not be jump started. Whoa there, I need to use this car tonight! I checked all fuses and those connections at the BCM and the drivers door boot. All OK. Bottom line, I went out and bought an Optima red top dropped it in and everything works fine. The GM AGM battery was less than 3 years old, and gave no indication of immanent failure. The car is driven every day. I've never had a battery fail so suddenly or so spectacularly! :eek:
I wonder if any company has ever worked as hard as Delco has to squeeze the last penny out of a battery.
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Race Director
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From: Gone
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St. Jude Donor '03
Re: Battery Failure Lore (C5INBLU)
What happened to you has happened to a lot of people, and is the reason the AGM battery has been disconinued and is no longer used the 04's.
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Drifting
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From: las vegas nv
Re: Battery Failure Lore (C5INBLU)
When my HUD defaulted, I guessed it was the battery going bad. I changed to a Redtop and no more Hud default. That was in December. Since then, quite a few 2001's have had electrical problems that turned out to be original battery. :auto:
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2000
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From: Austin TX
Re: Battery Failure Lore (C5INBLU)
The GM AGM battery was less than 3 years old, and gave no indication of immanent failure. The car is driven every day. I've never had a battery fail so suddenly or so spectacularly!
The weakest lik in the Corvette has been the useless Delco AGM battery.
Burning Brakes
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From: highland village texas
Re: Battery Failure Lore (C5INBLU)
make sure you use big thick jumper cables, ones that can carry some juice. i tried to jump my dead battery and the first set of jumpers were small diameter and could not transmit the current, they just heat-up and the car does not reieve enough juice to crank-over...then i used larger diameter cables and jumped just fine...but when they are dead they are real dead.
