Battery!
Drifting
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The warranty date code is located on the top label of the battery. The first character is a letter for battery make, followed by 3 numeric digits. The first two digits determine the month, and the third digit is year. The fifth character indicates the manufacturing plant.
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Heel & Toe
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From: Kentucky
January of 2018.
The warranty date code is located on the top label of the battery. The first character is a letter for battery make, followed by 3 numeric digits. The first two digits determine the month, and the third digit is year. The fifth character indicates the manufacturing plant.
GD
The warranty date code is located on the top label of the battery. The first character is a letter for battery make, followed by 3 numeric digits. The first two digits determine the month, and the third digit is year. The fifth character indicates the manufacturing plant.
GD
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Could be either I suppose. From GM site:
The first character is a letter for battery make, followed by 3 numeric digits. The first two digits determine the month, and the third digit is year. The fifth character indicates the manufacturing plant. For example, P097N means the battery was made in September 2017.
The first character is a letter for battery make, followed by 3 numeric digits. The first two digits determine the month, and the third digit is year. The fifth character indicates the manufacturing plant. For example, P097N means the battery was made in September 2017.
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Drifting
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Sorry Chris, but it is so unlikely that you are still starting your car with the original battery from 2008 and more likely that you have a 6-year old battery from 2018. The date codes are rotated from the factory, so the "8" was used for 2008 and reused for 2018. They can do this because they are reasonably certain that an auto battery is highly unlikely to last more that 10 years. This isn't my language, this comes from the manufacturers.
No offense intended, but you yourself said you could not remember, and that is believable.
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No offense intended, but you yourself said you could not remember, and that is believable.
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Heel & Toe
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From: Kentucky
Sorry Chris, but it is so unlikely that you are still starting your car with the original battery from 2008 and more likely that you have a 6-year old battery from 2018. The date codes are rotated from the factory, so the "8" was used for 2008 and reused for 2018. They can do this because they are reasonably certain that an auto battery is highly unlikely to last more that 10 years. This isn't my language, this comes from the manufacturers.
No offense intended, but you yourself said you could not remember, and that is believable.
GD
No offense intended, but you yourself said you could not remember, and that is believable.
GD
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Heel & Toe
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I had an Optima red top in my 2002 Silverado that lasted close to that long. An it lived outside in the Texas heat. It will be interesting to see how long my Napa AGM battery lasts in a garaged Grand Sport. But I've never seen a wet cell last anywhere near that. I've always had to replace mine at least once during the 3 year warranties, most recently on my MIL's 2008 Tahoe and on our 2001 Corvette.
Drifting
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From: 1000 Islands Ontario
FYI: My original '08 battery was still fine in 2019. But out of precaution, I changed it. Who knows how long it might have lasted.
New cars are tempermental about batteries, and that's why I swapped it out.
I went for an ACDelco AGM which was tricky to find. Here is my install if anyone is interested:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1599395108
I bought mine from a GM dealer, but it is still available from other sources.
March is in my sights - time to wake up the C6 from its winter snooze. Fun times ahead.
M....
New cars are tempermental about batteries, and that's why I swapped it out.
I went for an ACDelco AGM which was tricky to find. Here is my install if anyone is interested:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1599395108
I bought mine from a GM dealer, but it is still available from other sources.
March is in my sights - time to wake up the C6 from its winter snooze. Fun times ahead.
M....
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From: Baltimore,MD
FYI: My original '08 battery was still fine in 2019. But out of precaution, I changed it. Who knows how long it might have lasted.
New cars are tempermental about batteries, and that's why I swapped it out.
I went for an ACDelco AGM which was tricky to find. Here is my install if anyone is interested:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1599395108
I bought mine from a GM dealer, but it is still available from other sources.
March is in my sights - time to wake up the C6 from its winter snooze. Fun times ahead.
M....
New cars are tempermental about batteries, and that's why I swapped it out.
I went for an ACDelco AGM which was tricky to find. Here is my install if anyone is interested:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1599395108
I bought mine from a GM dealer, but it is still available from other sources.
March is in my sights - time to wake up the C6 from its winter snooze. Fun times ahead.
M....