Battery
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Lake Havasu City Arizona
Starts out 14 plus and then levels out to about 13.2 or so. By the way I replaced mine at 30 months. Got the Delco with the 42 mos. Mine, the original, was good at 30 months, but for the price including installation of only $166 at the dealership I consider it good insurance. When they go, they go fast! One day good the next day.............woops! It won't turn over.
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Joined: Feb 2014
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From: Green Bay Wi.
I did a quick check with my hand held meter and with a full charge and tender removed I got 12.50 after the trunk light timed off. I am going to bring it in and like (elk) said you need to do a load test to find out for sure.
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Starts out 14 plus and then levels out to about 13.2 or so. By the way I replaced mine at 30 months. Got the Delco with the 42 mos. Mine, the original, was good at 30 months, but for the price including installation of only $166 at the dealership I consider it good insurance. When they go, they go fast! One day good the next day.............woops! It won't turn over.
Racer
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: Gainesville GA
If you enjoy being stuck on the road when the battery fails, then keep on using the 2014 unit. I was concerned that this might happen to me so when my 2014 hit 35,000 miles / 4 years old I changed the battery.... Perhaps unnecessary at the time but I no longer worry....
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From: SouthEast PA
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Starts out 14 plus and then levels out to about 13.2 or so. By the way I replaced mine at 30 months. Got the Delco with the 42 mos. Mine, the original, was good at 30 months, but for the price including installation of only $166 at the dealership I consider it good insurance. When they go, they go fast! One day good the next day.............woops! It won't turn over.
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Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Oro Valley Arizona
Just the Facts
Getting stranded in a semi expensive car when you tried to pull a cheapo on the battery makes no sense to me. And we have AAA Platinum. They'd haul me and my wife and my car anyplace. I pick it. Embarrassing though it may be. So at 3 years, we do a prophylactic battery replacement. Maybe a year too early, but the car is my wife's DD and I don't want her in the front seat of a tow truck. Nor our car on the hook out back. Super hot super dry S. AZ is tougher on batteries than cold starts interestingly enough. So an ounce of prevention is worth a hundred and fifty bucks. And the morning spent walking the regional mall down the street from the dealer's service drive waiting.
Last edited by papillion; Mar 19, 2019 at 03:50 PM.
