Hey guys, my battery died this week. I had it in the dealership about 2 weeks ago, and after that, it started having a hard time cranking up, and finally died on me. How long do your original batteries last? Mine is an '04 with 45K on it....I thought they were supposed to last longer, but the dealer "assured" me that this was normal.

Shouldn't this be completely covered by the 60K warranty?

He said it was prorated, and I ended up paying 58 bucks for a new one.

WTF???

 

He's right.....pro-rated , and the OEM tires too.
They're not making batteries like they used to....2-3 yrs is not good service IMHO.
C.

 

i had them prorate mine out...paid 30 bucks...turned around and sold it new to a friend for 75...took the 75 towards a new optima...paid 60 bucks for the optima red top

 

I have a 04, battery died at 29k. paid $? at Nissan.

 

just replaced my batt last week....died off of an '04 6MT with 28.5k miles

 

i have had mine for 2 years, 30k and no batery problems.

 

nissan battery is bad, you have to service it or it will die...damn water battery

 

36k and mine went out. It is prorated, but the dealership replaced it for me at no charge.

 

just replaced mine 2 days ago... went to autozone and bought me a good ol' valuecraft ... **** weighs a ton!

 

you can go to sears and they warranty their batterys for a pretty long time..

 

optima is 3 years