Anyone on their original battery?
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check those water levels on your battery. if that battery goes dry, turn that key and all you will hear is POP!!!. happened to my old G20, didnt know the battery needed maint. went to turn it on, and BOOM. battery poped. lucky it was empty and do fluids shot anywhere. happened to my sister VW but her battery still had some liquid in it. whole engine bay was a disaster.
Originally Posted by apintojr
check those water levels on your battery. if that battery goes dry, turn that key and all you will hear is POP!!!. happened to my old G20, didnt know the battery needed maint. went to turn it on, and BOOM. battery poped. lucky it was empty and do fluids shot anywhere. happened to my sister VW but her battery still had some liquid in it. whole engine bay was a disaster.
i'ma go check mine right now...
Damn, who would've thought you'd have to maintain a damn battery... Do you have to check all 4 holes or just the middle two for the water level? And how much distilled water do you add if need be?
mine was working fine and my friend plugged in a an OBII code reader and told me it threw a low voltage code. no lights were on but the code was registered in the BCM. I'd recommend getting that checked out even if your batt seems to be working fine. This was a couple months ago on OE battery for me.
I actually bought a gallon of distilled water almost a year ago but couldn't see the water level so I gave up and never fill it. I used the flashlight thing but couldn't see. Do you have to pull the plugs up before you can see it? Do you fill all 4 holes?
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As another poster said, car batteries can die very quickly, and when this happens, you may not get much, if any warning. An average battery will last 5 years; some less, some more - even if you maintain water level properly.
So if you don't mind getting stuck with a non-starting car some winter morning (when you absolutely have to be at work on time), or some hot summer afternoon (when you're in dress clothes and in desparate need of air conditioning), then just wait for the battery to go. Or...be smart and just pre-emptively replace it at 4 years or so on your own terms. If you're past 5 years, look out!
So if you don't mind getting stuck with a non-starting car some winter morning (when you absolutely have to be at work on time), or some hot summer afternoon (when you're in dress clothes and in desparate need of air conditioning), then just wait for the battery to go. Or...be smart and just pre-emptively replace it at 4 years or so on your own terms. If you're past 5 years, look out!
Originally Posted by Texan1
For all you guys bragging about having a 5 yr old battery, ummm go ahead and spring for a new $85 battery now. Do it before you come back from out of town and your car is parked at the airport and it won't start.....and now you have to beg for a jump or call a service truck. Yeah, don't wait until you are out an about and your battery dies people, its not like a pathfinder engine bay where you can just pull into an autozone torque off 2 nuts chunk the old battery and throw in the new. I guess you will learn your lesson. Batteries don't always give you a sign like a slow or hesitant start.
Its a tight fit--you have to pull all the clips out and wedge the battery out, then hold the fuse arm out of the way and wedge in the new battery and tighten everything up.
If you get a battery a bit b4 you need one, you can do this relaxed in your garage and not at night in the parking lot of autozone like me.
"oh my battery is hesitating, let me go p/up a battery at autozone and take it home to install. Arrive at autozone and as I try and go home, the car won't start, it won't take a charge either, so I'm there rubbing elbows with questionable people pulling up in 1983 crown victorias at night on a cold September evening changing my ma fawking battery."
So go on and brag, but come back and post your stories later on....my battery lasted exactly 5 yrs!
Now, I will change my battery at 4 yrs whether it needs it or not.
Its a tight fit--you have to pull all the clips out and wedge the battery out, then hold the fuse arm out of the way and wedge in the new battery and tighten everything up.
If you get a battery a bit b4 you need one, you can do this relaxed in your garage and not at night in the parking lot of autozone like me.
"oh my battery is hesitating, let me go p/up a battery at autozone and take it home to install. Arrive at autozone and as I try and go home, the car won't start, it won't take a charge either, so I'm there rubbing elbows with questionable people pulling up in 1983 crown victorias at night on a cold September evening changing my ma fawking battery."
So go on and brag, but come back and post your stories later on....my battery lasted exactly 5 yrs!
Now, I will change my battery at 4 yrs whether it needs it or not.
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Originally Posted by Noremac
As another poster said, car batteries can die very quickly, and when this happens, you may not get much, if any warning. An average battery will last 5 years; some less, some more - even if you maintain water level properly.
So if you don't mind getting stuck with a non-starting car some winter morning (when you absolutely have to be at work on time), or some hot summer afternoon (when you're in dress clothes and in desparate need of air conditioning), then just wait for the battery to go. Or...be smart and just pre-emptively replace it at 4 years or so on your own terms. If you're past 5 years, look out!
So if you don't mind getting stuck with a non-starting car some winter morning (when you absolutely have to be at work on time), or some hot summer afternoon (when you're in dress clothes and in desparate need of air conditioning), then just wait for the battery to go. Or...be smart and just pre-emptively replace it at 4 years or so on your own terms. If you're past 5 years, look out!
B fawking ingo
