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940: Gold Die Hard Batteries Die Easy 900

posted by  someone claiming to be V70guy on  Tue Mar 30 06:14 CST 2004 [RELATED]

"The first battery ran well through the summer of 2003. In late October, I garaged the car for the winter, driving it occasionally, when the streets were salt-free. By 10 December, this battery was so dead, that it would not take a jump start. Sears replaced it, without a hassle. I drove the car a few days between December 2003 and end-March 2004, usually for short road trips. Yesterday, when I went to start it, the battery was so dead, that it would not take a jump start."

V70guy: From your description it sounds like the car isn't being driven for extended periods of time over the winter. All the while those electronic goodies are running and continuing to draw that battery down. A couple of quick start and stop drives will only draw the battery down further.

If you can talk Sears into replacing the battery every spring, that is one solution. A more reliable one might be to put the battery on a charger once a month. Or drive the car during winter.





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