I think my battery is dead
How long do the stock batterys tend to last?
This morning i took the kiddo to get his blood pulled, took the stang, had no issues. when my wife got home i got ready to go to work and i was going to pull the stang back in the garage and she wouldnt start. I jumped her off the wifes saturn and she started up, but beforehand she did not even have enough juice to roll up the windows. i have less than 31,000 miles on the car. think the batt went bad? i checked through and everything seemed to be turned off, the car was only sitting around 3 hours before the wife got home so i cant imagine something as simple as the dome light draining the battery |
if you've gotten anything more than 12months/12k, consider yourself lucky as FoMoCo puts the cheapest battery in the car from the factory
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tHAT IS TEH GAYNESS
guess i better start shopping around. you reccommend any brands? i dont really need a top performer, but something that will last another 50-60k miles would be killer. |
Interstate is a good battery and usally not to bad in price either
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Cool...
thanks randy!:D |
^^ Agreed. That's what I run. : D
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im still on the stock battery! its about 8 years old...the battery is also telling me it wants to be replaced as it is always showing a yellow dot sometimes red!
if you seen the prices for batteries over here you would probably shoot yourself |
lol i killed my stock one when i put in a system.
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the dome light turns itself off after 15 minutes or so...i have left it on a few times.
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When I had my Durango the batt went south at 30k miles.
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I personally won't run a battery more than 3-4 years since I'm in no mood to find out that's it dead when it's 10° outside. I personally run the Car Quest batteries since they seem good (had mine for almost a year now). As for Motorcraft, I always heard good things about those batteries, unless Ford puts something else in from the factory.
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i assume you did check the alternator?
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Originally Posted by 98svt
(Post 343422)
i assume you did check the alternator?
No.. i did not, i would be suprised to find a 4 year old alternator with 30,000 miles on it is dead though. while not impossible, alternators usually are good for over 100,000 miles, plus i dont have any aftermarket electronics to put an excessive load on it. I do have the mach 1000 stereo, but the alt should be fine. at least i hope it is. When i jumped it off the wifes car after i disconnected the cables the stereo etc still remained on while i pulled it in. i diddnt have much time to really inspect it. this weekend ill pull the batt and take it into the shop and have them test it. oh yah get this,. after 3 months of having the car up for sale without a single bite, i got 3 calls today, all pretty promising as well. Probably since the battery is dead and now i gotta rush to get it fixed. lol |
my battery in my 04 seems like brand new. I've even jumped a few cars at work. Light is green on the battery and I hardly ever really look to see if it needs maintenance. I'll be looking for it now though. It's an 04 so thats quite impressive for a battery. I got an interstate battery for my rider lawn mower that lasted 3 years with the occasional charge. ;)
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Originally Posted by JackThe Ripper
(Post 343423)
No.. i did not, i would be suprised to find a 4 year old alternator with 30,000 miles on it is dead though. while not impossible, alternators usually are good for over 100,000 miles, plus i dont have any aftermarket electronics to put an excessive load on it. I do have the mach 1000 stereo, but the alt should be fine.
at least i hope it is. Good luck fixing it! :) |
i really hope it is not the alternator then. lol. i seem em selling for about 2hundo. ugh.
install, hell ill do it myself,i mean hell, it is right there staring at ya when you pop the hood. ;) |
3 calls today? They were all me. I prank called you. Keep the car.
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Some batteries will run for ever and all the sudden take a shit while youre in the grocery store. There is sometimes no warning.
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Originally Posted by Steeda97
(Post 343522)
3 calls today? They were all me. I prank called you. Keep the car.
Im still hoping to sell it. I have a guy coming up this weekend it looks to check it out. im gonna miss it of course, i really dont want to sell it but at this point i gotta put my family over my toys. ill save myself about 500 bucks a month if i dont have that payment. by the time everything is said and done i will eliminate about $19,000 in debt, and all i will be in debt for is about 4k on a card and my house. With that car payment gone i can peg out that 4,000 in less than a year and be 100% debt free with exception of the house of course. then starts the hunt for a Black 89-92 Mustang 5.0 GT in good shape. and im gonna make sure to pay for it in cash. Im pretty tired of being a good american and paying interest to everyone and thier brother. Ive decided it is time to keep my money, and not give away a percentage of what i spend to a third party. |
Got a new battery today.
car fired right up. 73 bucks down the drain. :mad: |
At least it didn't crap out on you while u were out with munchkin. :eek2:
It could always be worse. |
thats for sure...
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Originally Posted by JackThe Ripper
(Post 343423)
No.. i did not, i would be suprised to find a 4 year old alternator with 30,000 miles on it is dead though. while not impossible, alternators usually are good for over 100,000 miles, plus i dont have any aftermarket electronics to put an excessive load on it. I do have the mach 1000 stereo, but the alt should be fine.
at least i hope it is. When i jumped it off the wifes car after i disconnected the cables the stereo etc still remained on while i pulled it in. i diddnt have much time to really inspect it. this weekend ill pull the batt and take it into the shop and have them test it. oh yah get this,. after 3 months of having the car up for sale without a single bite, i got 3 calls today, all pretty promising as well. Probably since the battery is dead and now i gotta rush to get it fixed. lol |
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