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Apr 1, 2009 | 09:21 PM

Gdemoman

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battery just died????

Hey guys I'm looking for some help... Went out for a ride the nite before last with my baby and everything seemed fine. Came home, parked (yes made sure I shifted into reverse), locked her up, tucked her in and kissed her good-nite. The next day she was dead.... not a twitch... had to get in her from behind no less...

Questions are:
1. Should I just get her a new battery being she's an 05' with the original one still in her and if so an OEM or aftermarket? Witch is better? (open to recommendations here) -OR-
2. Just try to re-charge the existing battery and see what happens? I did get the "service electrical system message" once or twice a few weeks ago but everything was good.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated...

Apr 1, 2009 | 10:11 PM

Mez

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Originally Posted by Gdemoman

My OEM Delco died like that a year ago for my 2005. Yours sounds dead. You got 4 years of services. You are lucky. Get a new one. You have to be careful and make sure the new one fits right or you will have problems later.

I've not had good luck with Delco batteries so my advice is get an aftermarket one. I bought Interstate and transferred the Delco labels over to make it look OEM. Same fit as OEM.

Last edited by Mez; Apr 2, 2009 at 04:44 PM.

Apr 1, 2009 | 10:34 PM

nwc6

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I've had a couple of Delco batteries die the same death. In my 98GMC truck, I came home for lunch, all was fine. Went to go back to work after an hour, would not start. The common failure mode was a shorted cell. The plates get a sulfide coating on them that sloughs off, falls to the bottom of the case and shorts several plates, reducing the overall voltage of the battery to less than 12v..Normal battery is 13.5 or so, but when the battery guy measured mine they were around 11v..

Apr 2, 2009 | 12:08 AM

Wayne O

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Why mess around nursing an old, worn-out battery. For the small cost involved put a new battery in and forget about it.

I've never had any battery or starting issues. The OEM battery in my 2005 MN6 finally failed to start after 3+ years (which I find typical for any car here in Arizona). Even though the car jump started easily and it re-started fine thereafter I replaced the battery. It was time.

Many like the Optima battery but I elected to use a 'premium' conventional battery (personally, I'm not overly impressed with the Optima).

Apr 2, 2009 | 12:28 AM

glennhl

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Originally Posted by Wayne O

I got lucky and had the dealer replace my OEM battery under warranty just before 3 years. I'm also not impressed with the Optima, who wants to carry all that extra weight???

Apr 2, 2009 | 11:12 AM

TheKomoman

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These cars are HARD on batteries because of all the electronics. Due to the keyless entry system there is also a constant draw. 4 years is tremendous, 2-3 is far more typical.

Apr 2, 2009 | 11:41 AM

Hoonose

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Originally Posted by TheKomoman

These cars are HARD on batteries because of all the electronics. Due to the keyless entry system there is also a constant draw. 4 years is tremendous, 2-3 is far more typical.

The keyless system has next to no draw until you depress the door pad switch.

My early '05 oem battery lasted 2 and 1/2 years in hot AZ despite about a 1/2 dozen DBS and technician induced dead battery episodes.