Batteries on our Harleys have lasted over 5 years. Of course they were always on a Battery Tender, then replaced with Battery Minders, a better unit IMNHO. Harleys were garage-kept. Car, truck, SUV, and GMC MH all are out in the weather and tough to keep charged. Prolly why their batteries only last about 3-4 years.
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From: Gmclist on behalf of Bruce Hislop
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 19:00
To: gmclist
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dead 3 year old battery
On the first weekend of August 2005 I took delivery of a new Pontiac G6 and 2 new pickup trucks (A Chev and a GMC). Three years later in August of
2008 all 3 vehicles had their batteries fail in a similar way. Vehicle started fine, then was shut off for a short period of time then upon restart
the solenoid would just "tick" . So there was voltage but a high cell resistance, no current to run the starter.
Of course they all failed on a Saturday or Sunday so I had had to buy an aftermarket battery to replace it.
In turn, two of the aftermarket batteries all failed in their third year ( I traded the GMC pickup for a new one). The battery I bought for the car
was a Canadian Tire Eliminator so one of their upper end batteries. It failed when my wife stopped at a convenience store. They replaced it with
their Nascar brand which promptly failed about 3 years later. They repaced it with another Nascar battery. What really PO'd me was the radio can't
handle a power failure. It sits there grinding away for the past 9 years now dispaying CD Error. Dealer says they can fix it for $1000. bucks for a
new radio. I'm reminded of this each time I drive the car. I swore I'd never buy another GM product it pissed me off so much, but in the meantime I've
bought a 2010,2011,2014, 2015 & 2016 Chev pickups. I guess the other offerings don't impress me either.
The trucks were replaced with Napa batteries. The 2005 Chev pickup was my truck and is now the shop truck, the last battery in it is about a year old
now.
The real kicker was December of 2015. In July I bought a new 2015 Chev pickup. In December 2015 we took it to the airport in Toronto and left it in
the parking garage for 10 days. Upon return at 2:45am we found the battery was dead flat. This was a stock truck, nothing added to it, and nothing
plugged into it. Chev dealer said it is designed to shed loads like the radio memory, as the voltage drops. That battery is still working, but I
throw a spare battery and booster cables in the back anytime we leave it for more than a few days.
So it comes down to like everything else, they don't build them like they use to. Tomorrow I'm off to pick up about $10,000 worth of standby
batteries for tower sites. They are rated for 15 year service life, I'll be happy with 10.
/Rant Off
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Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.
Hubler 1 ton front end
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My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
