Total Battery Failure
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Total Battery Failure
OK, at 5 years and 2 months since purchase, and 5 years 3 months since build, I guess it is time. But....no warning, complete death. Could not open doors....nothing. Car only sat for 2 days. It has sat for over a month in the past with no issues. I had to use google to refresh my memory as to how to unlock with the key....I had looked it up when the car was new but for the life of me I could not recall without help.
But without the window going down the half-inch when opening the door, the window interferes with the A-pillar???? WTF. Luckily no damage.
I suppose an internal short or other failure could have occured, but those usually happen when batteries are newer, at least in my experience. I am going to test to see if there is a problem with the car that is causing a large current draw....but hoping it's just the battery.
Good times.....
But without the window going down the half-inch when opening the door, the window interferes with the A-pillar???? WTF. Luckily no damage.
I suppose an internal short or other failure could have occured, but those usually happen when batteries are newer, at least in my experience. I am going to test to see if there is a problem with the car that is causing a large current draw....but hoping it's just the battery.
Good times.....
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good times indeed, batteries can just go, at least sometimes barely showing signs.
good luck. I took mine out and had it tested but didnt see a date on it so think its oem still but it seems to look newer and looked like it was replaced or meesed with at sometime in terms of the vent not hooked up and missing a vent cap on the other side both i fixed.
good luck. I took mine out and had it tested but didnt see a date on it so think its oem still but it seems to look newer and looked like it was replaced or meesed with at sometime in terms of the vent not hooked up and missing a vent cap on the other side both i fixed.
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I have owned AC Delco batteries that went 7 years without a problem. The battery in my wife's 2015 GMC Terrain lasted 6 years and the one in my 2015 C7 has been in the car since it was built in June 2015.
I have also had batteries suddenly fail far short of their life expectancy. It seems more like it is the luck of the draw. If there are a bunch of new batteries on the shelf one of them may be a dud.
Bill
I have also had batteries suddenly fail far short of their life expectancy. It seems more like it is the luck of the draw. If there are a bunch of new batteries on the shelf one of them may be a dud.
Bill
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5 years is about right. I replace them every 5yrs like clockwork just 'cause I don't want to be stuck. The one (1) time I had a dead battery was a failed cell. Voltage went from 12 to 10.x iirc while sitting for 30min in a parking lot at Lowe's. The car actually managed to start (barely) and I went straight to wally-world for a replacement.
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Well my good battery charger is at our other house and i got tired of waiting on the trickle charger to get enough juice in the battery to test it....so I just went ahead with the replacement.
WHAT A PITA to figure out that @#$%! positive terminal assembly and then to muscle the battery out. Thanks for that one, Tadge. I was pleased to see though that the replacement Die Hard from Advance Auto (one of the many assets Sears sold off) was an exact fit (no need to discuss "better" battery choices, everybody has their favorites and mine is usually whatever is available), with the vent tube fittings and the **** and detents for the positive terminal assembly to snap back into place. It even had the added convenience of a fold down handle to help maneuver the thing back into the hole.
I guess I will know tomorrow morning if there is an issue with the car that is killing the battery. If so, it gets a jump start and a drive to Criswell for some extended warranty service...:-)
WHAT A PITA to figure out that @#$%! positive terminal assembly and then to muscle the battery out. Thanks for that one, Tadge. I was pleased to see though that the replacement Die Hard from Advance Auto (one of the many assets Sears sold off) was an exact fit (no need to discuss "better" battery choices, everybody has their favorites and mine is usually whatever is available), with the vent tube fittings and the **** and detents for the positive terminal assembly to snap back into place. It even had the added convenience of a fold down handle to help maneuver the thing back into the hole.
I guess I will know tomorrow morning if there is an issue with the car that is killing the battery. If so, it gets a jump start and a drive to Criswell for some extended warranty service...:-)
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I had an AC Delco last over 8 years in my C5 Z06 and the car still had it when I sold it. After all that time it still cranked like new. The car was a low mileage garaged kept example and I always kept the battery charged with a Battery Tender.
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