(To me, that means that if I got 84 months out of it I was lucky enough to get the cream of that batch's crop). I bought an Autozone battery in 2014 for $89 with an 84-month "guarantee". Have you dealt with a particular store with ridiculous battery warranty eligibility process like Advance? I hope I don't have to go through this with Everstart batteries, though my Gold is well outside the warranty period (4+ years old). This battery was dropping well below that and not recovering.Īnyways, don't get a battery from Advance unless you're cool with the manager. When I turn on the headlights for a good battery, usually the voltage drops and settles to 11.8 or so under that load, then when headlights shut off it will go back up to 12.5. It is obvious to me that Advance has their tests conducted in such a way that the battery is not properly checked for good or poor health, instead just slapping it onto a trickle charger and reading the surface voltage, and not applying any kind of load to it whatsoever. It took a manager override to get the new battery, because their stupid "test" said the battery was "good". According to this "test", the battery was not eligible for a replacement. I'm going to assume they didn't put any kind of load on it at all. They put the battery on a CHARGER, and then read the voltage. So when he got there I told him to turn his lights on for a minute and then we'll go in the store.Īgain, they come out and test the battery. The battery had a 1/17 sticker on it and was within warranty (barely). We tried to start it again, but it required jumping. Obviously there was a surface charge but it couldn't handle any kind of load. Stuck it on the charger, and it said it was done after 5 minutes. Turning the lights back off, the resting voltage went back up to about 12.2. Immediately the voltage dropped to sub 10 range after 30-60 seconds. So I came back over and checked voltage again. He had to use it to get to work and then again to go home. I left my jump pack with him anyways just in case. So it just needed to be charged back up from driving. I thought okay, he must have left a light on or something. It said the voltage was good, it had 550 CCA, and the alternator was fine. They tested it with their little diagnostic tool. Then we jumped it (when running it was 14.3ish volts) and drove to the store. We tried to start it, and got nothing, just the rapid clicking. Resting voltage was at 12.4 or so, enough to start a car. My friend was having battery problems, so I brought my multimeter and jump pack over.
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