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First Battery Failure!

posted by  rd on  Mon Dec 30 10:09 CST 2002
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To All,

I had my first battery failure [ away from home of course with daughter in car ] in 25 years of driving. How come these batteries do not give some
warning starts so you can run and get a battery? Is it that the car senses
a low voltage and allow only the accessories and stuff you be functional?
It seems many of these Volvo OEM's go at exactly 45-56 months of ownership.
Just shy of the warranty. Ray you were right on the money. You mentioned
this many a time here.

Went to an Interstate Dist in Brooklyn. Purchased an MT-47
for $ 83 and change. They opened at 7:30am, got the battery, drove home,
popped in Megatron, entered radio code, and was sipping coffee at 9:00am.

A bad thing was minimized some what.

Moral of the story : OEM battery = 45 months change it ASAP ! Learn from me.
Don't try to stretch it.

rd 99c70

A Happy And Healthy To All!!!!







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    First Battery Failure!

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    posted by  STEVEF on  Tue Dec 31 04:15 CST 2002
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    RD, Let me just ask you a question....when you car was srviced...or when you serviced it...or when you were just checking the fluids....did you ever check the water level in each cell of the battery, tighten the cables, and clean/greese the terminals?
    I am trying to get a idea of how much longer I should have on my OEM batt. I bought the car new in Dec, 99.....and I always keep after the battery at service time.
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    Steve F. in Hoboken, NJ








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      First Battery Failure!

      posted by  rd on  Thu Jan 2 05:07 CST 2003
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      Yeah Steve,

      I checked the water level myself this summer and found
      it extremely low. Topped of with distilled water.
      Yes, also stayed on top of the other preventatives
      you mentioned.

      Got 46 months out of it but you also have to factor
      the 8 weeks from the build date in Sweden. 46+2= 48.
      So it's right on the money. Would of gotten the
      Interstate earlier but I'm currently jobless.
      So if you getting close to the expiration I would
      definitlely pop in a new battery.

      Interstate MT-47 is a 60 month battery.

      rd








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    First Battery Failure!

    posted by  someone claiming to be MIkeKal on  Tue Dec 31 03:35 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    I swear that battery manufacturers can predict to the day when their batteries will fail. I bought a 48 month Die Hard from Sears several years ago. It was on sale when I bought it. 39 months later it died. Of course I went back to Sears because I still had 9 months on the warranty. They credited me 9 months on the cost of a new battery however it was not on sale so I spent more for the replacement. Great marketing!







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