ferm? spare? etc....?

[charlie_the_tuna]

nah, pulled the battery and my buddy has a digital tester. battery is about 2 years old. I was pricing new batteries and couldn't believe the cost. we used to get new batteries for like 35 bucks. dam things are over a hundred now.

[spareparts]

you can make a small battery maintainer out of a couple old cell phone chargers. Go thru the pile of old chargers you have laying around(everyone has a pile), Find one thats 14V and figure out which wire is positive with a volt meter. Hook the wires up to an old cigarette lighter charger plug, when you aren't using the vehicle, plug the cig lighter plug into the lighter in the car, and put power to the charger. It won't charger up a dead battery, but it will keep one topped off.

[the daydreamer]

we had battery problems with BMWS. LETS SAY YOUR BATTERY IS AT 100% CHARGE. YOU DRIVE ONLY 4 MILES TO WORK AND 4 MILES BACK. JUST AS A NUMBER YOUR USEING 20% OF YOUR BATTERY ON A SHORT DRIVE. YOUR ARE USEING A/C OR HEATER FAN.RADIO,HEADLIGHTS,WIPERS. THE CHARGING SYSTEM CANT KEEP THE BATTERY CHARGES. IN SHORT YOU ARE USEING MORE THAN YOU ARE PUTTING BACK. THE BEST THING IS DRIVE IT LONGER AND USE A BATTERY TENDER. THIS WILL HELP EXTEND BATTERY LIFE AND KEEP IT CHARGED.WHEN A BMW CUSTOMER HAS THIS PROBLEM BMW WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF A BATTERY!!!!TELL SOMEONE THAT JUST SPEND 60K ON A NEW CAR THEY NEED TO SPEND 400 TO 500 FOR A BATTERY!!!!! BMW CALLED THIS UNFAVORABLE DRIVING CONDITIONS!!!!!!

[smokeonthewater]

it takes15-30 min of drive time to recharge a battery after starting.... as mentioned above install a maintainer or drive longer

MAYBE consider a solar charger on the dash or roof

[randlemanboater]

I just ran into this on my sons car last week. The battery would test ok but on cold mornings after start up some times, all of the electric accessories on the car (heater fan, radio, lights) would shut down if car was operating below 2000 rpm.

The lady at Advance Auto said that modern cars run most everything off the battery at low rpm and if you only run your car a short time at low rpm, the battery never recovers...my son drives 1 mile to school.

So as stated above, trickle charge or drive farther.

[phatdaddy]

Must be contagious , wife's 98 toyota had to jumped at work to get home, I thought she left lights on,door ajar, etc. charged it overnight, cranked fine in the morn ,at lunch, and ride home. No crank this morning.
Four year old battery
Cheapest I can find is $125

[THEFERMANATOR]

If you have a SAMS card, they had about the best prices I could find earlier this year when I was looking. If not, go to advances website and look across the top of the page. You can alsmost always find a 15-20% off coupon for orders over $50, and get a $25-50 coupon for a later purchase. Order and pay for it online, and pick it up in the store.

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

nah, pulled the battery and my buddy has a digital tester. battery is about 2 years old. I was pricing new batteries and couldn't believe the cost. we used to get new batteries for like 35 bucks. dam things are over a hundred now.

$35 dollar batteris? During the 80's 90's?

[Destroyer]

I had to buy a battery for my Jeep Cherokee a few days ago. I almost went into sticker shock when I saw the prices!!! I bought an Exide 1000mca for the V 3 years ago and paid less than what the 750cca Jeep battery cost me on Monday. $124 from Walmart. WTF happened?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

I had to buy a battery for my Jeep Cherokee a few days ago. I almost went into sticker shock when I saw the prices!!! I bought an Exide 1000mca for the V 3 years ago and paid less than what the 750cca Jeep battery cost me on Monday. $124 from Walmart. WTF happened?

What did you think was going to happen when o shut down all the lead smelters in the US because they were "to dirty"? And then all the battery production except for ONE company went to mexico, and they are ALL using imported lead.