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Im seeing 239 all over the place. I wasnt in the market for one, but I need to do something in the mean time of fighting my dealer who destroyed my perfectly working battery into a heap of junk.
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Specially? Hard to say.How did they destroy it?
I had a 3 year walmart everstart battery in my old 1995 Silverado. It lasted 7 years. I'm sold on everstart now.Buy cheap, get cheap. Buy a name brand battery with a warranty. I personally will not buy a battery that states anymore than 3 years of life. An employee of Interstate battery once told be that on the average, a lead acid battery is good for 3 years; anything over that, your doing real good, so save your money on the 4 year batteries. I've had them last me 4 years in Florida, but we don't have the harsh winters like some in the north.
oh great point thanks!!!Costco sells high quality AGM batteries at excellent prices.
Thank you!Buy cheap, get cheap. Buy a name brand battery with a warranty. I personally will not buy a battery that states anymore than 3 years of life. An employee of Interstate battery once told be that on the average, a lead acid battery is good for 3 years; anything over that, your doing real good, so save your money on the 4 year batteries. I've had them last me 4 years in Florida, but we don't have the harsh winters like some in the north.
I had a 3 year walmart everstart battery in my old 1995 Silverado. It lasted 7 years. I'm sold on everstart now.
I've heard Walmart batteries are not good (from an O'Reilly's employee) but they're cheaper than others and you can pretty much find a Walmart anywhere.I had a 3 year walmart everstart battery in my old 1995 Silverado. It lasted 7 years. I'm sold on everstart now.
If you have access to a volt/ohm meter (or multi-meter), set it to DC voltage, and place the black probe on the negative post of the battery, and the red probe on the positive post of the battery. Have a helper start the engine. You should read 13 plus volts at the battery with the engine running (alternator spinning). If less, then alternator is bad.Thank you!
i hear ya, its just im in a jam it caught me off guard, i dont think im in for a long term solution. Since I feel this is the result of something done incorrectly at the dealership for recall work. And been doing some research, ESPECIALLY if its not just the battery, and the cars alternator or a program is overcharging it. Ive read it can do the same thing to the next battery. Which would be a waste. Obviously this needs to get diagnosed, but the dealerships de-facto diagnosis was the battery has a dead cell. So im going to start there,....inexpensively. But if theres anything after that its hard to trust anyone's opinion on the matter as i fear they're just trying to upsell work. i went into my dealer to get recalls done, and came out like this, I am not in a trusting mood these days.