Battery issues
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Battery issues
Hi there, I have a 2018 z06 with only 15,600 kms and battery seems to be dead.
I stored it every winter and use a trickle charger (provided by gm) but never seemed to quite charge it fully.
It did start 1x when took trickle off, but then I placed battery charger on it and it won't charge, tried a noco genius charger and that noeth will charge anything.
Does this me a Onky after 15,000kms i need a new battery.
Any help will do. Car won't turn over, well it does but it just Continues to tick tick tick
I stored it every winter and use a trickle charger (provided by gm) but never seemed to quite charge it fully.
It did start 1x when took trickle off, but then I placed battery charger on it and it won't charge, tried a noco genius charger and that noeth will charge anything.
Does this me a Onky after 15,000kms i need a new battery.
Any help will do. Car won't turn over, well it does but it just Continues to tick tick tick
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I've seen bad batteries on the store shelf. I had one last only a year in another car - free warranty replacement.
Have the parts store run a quick check on any new battery before you accept it.
Mileage doesn't matter. Age does. But - the "expected life" is no guarantee of actual performance.
Ron
Have the parts store run a quick check on any new battery before you accept it.
Mileage doesn't matter. Age does. But - the "expected life" is no guarantee of actual performance.
Ron
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I've seen bad batteries on the store shelf. I had one last only a year in another car - free warranty replacement.
Have the parts store run a quick check on any new battery before you accept it.
Mileage doesn't matter. Age does. But - the "expected life" is no guarantee of actual performance.
Ron
Have the parts store run a quick check on any new battery before you accept it.
Mileage doesn't matter. Age does. But - the "expected life" is no guarantee of actual performance.
Ron
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yeah pull the battery and try to get it charged with a regular charger and then tested at a store.
does sound like it went for some reason and i would just get a new one with a 48 month warranty so go from there.
but overall a battery can just go bad even if taken care of sometimes or regularly used every day.
does sound like it went for some reason and i would just get a new one with a 48 month warranty so go from there.
but overall a battery can just go bad even if taken care of sometimes or regularly used every day.