How long have your batteries last?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:37 pm

As the title states! My car was made in October of 03 and I am still rockin the factory battery! I believe they last 3-5 years. Stock Audio system, no electronic gizmos.

excon · Post by **excon** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:40 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:As the title states! My car was made in October of 03 and I am still rockin the factory battery! I believe they last 3-5 years. Stock Audio system, no electronic gizmos.

YOU'RE KIDDING!
I've gone through 3 mopar batteries (that i know of). The previous owner of my car was the dealer! never again will i "rock" the mopar battery.

The lightweight hawker dry cell i've got now is a year and a half old which is twice as long as my last mopar battery. hope it doesn't die now... (knocks on wood).

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:56 am

I too had bad luck with the stock (Mopar) batteries. I went through 3 in 3 years. At least the dealer would replace them at no charge. After the last Mopar one I went down to Sears and bought a Die Hard and it's been going strong for over 5 years now. I also have to knock on wood.....

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:09 pm

My battery is OEM. The car was built August 03 and it sat on the lot until I bought it February 04. The car has 83000 miles on it. I had a couple 12's powered by a 500w amp for a while. Have an UDP on it that has been on since March 07 I believe.

So my battery is 4.5 years old with 83,000 miles. Its working well, but I am considering replacing it soon. It doesn't have to get me to work everyday so I may just wait until it dies on me.

Hmm, I should do that just to see how long it goes.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:33 pm

Well... I plan on keeping it Mopar.

The battery does say Daimler Chrysler on it I believe.... hmmm

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:48 pm

I have an everstart...looks hideous but i've never had any problems with it. Have a UDP and a small system, no problems.

Petey Wit Neon · Post by **Petey Wit Neon** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:07 am

My 00 that I bought in 06' had the stock battery in it till 07'

Craz1000 · Post by **Craz1000** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:48 pm

both my '01 and my 05 had its first and only battery change right before i sold them this year

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:43 pm

wow my 03 has factory battery and i run a 1000w amp and never had any problems...

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:24 pm

my car was made Nov. of '03. i've had a sound system in it from the time i bought it in Oct. of '05. still the stock battery. i'll probably be replacing it when i do the next motor build

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:06 am

im still using my oem battery for my 04 neon.and i have gauges bigger cd player and diff front and back rear speakers who knows till when itll last me.
lol.

but anyone still watching this thread i was wondering what the volt gauge should read for the batter like if you have a aftermarket one like glowshift what it reads cause mine reads between 13 and 14 is that the normal range ?

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:26 am

yup thats normal

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:43 am

alrite thanks.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:14 pm

racer12306 wrote:My battery is OEM. The car was built August 03 and it sat on the lot until I bought it February 04. The car has 83000 miles on it. I had a couple 12's powered by a 500w amp for a while. Have an UDP on it that has been on since March 07 I believe.

So my battery is 4.5 years old with 83,000 miles. Its working well, but I am considering replacing it soon. It doesn't have to get me to work everyday so I may just wait until it dies on me.

Hmm, I should do that just to see how long it goes.

Still holding up?
Mine still is.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:22 pm

My record on a Mopar battery (black top for the old timers

) is 6 years (it is a 48 month battery

). Every one I have had has lasted at least 4 years.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:44 pm

My batteries usually run down around 7:00 or 8:00 pm.

Oh, wait! Nevermind. Going on 8 years on my Optima in the Jeep and 1+ on the Wally World in the neon.

sxmania · Post by **sxmania** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:59 pm

My 04 sxt lasted till the winter of 2008 with 2 12's and a 700W amp. poor thing was cranking @ 3.2 volts when it finally died in the parking lot next to the auto store

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:09 pm

My 01 original battery lasted until late last year. so that is 8 years. and about 90k miles

excon · Post by **excon** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:56 pm

...Nope

My 10lb dry cell battery died shortly after that post. The knocking on wood didn't help. I'm "rocking" one from advance since it has a 3 year guarantee on it, and i'm DONE with going through batteries.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:24 am

Moparty08 wrote:My 01 original battery lasted until late last year. so that is 8 years. and about 90k miles

Thats crazy!

I think if you drive your car everyday it helps the life of the battery last longer since its going through its cycle. Which I do.

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:31 am

My '97 DD still has the battery that was in it when I bought the car in '04, and the guy told me then that it was 2yrs old. So...that's going on 7yrs - not bad, I guess.

My '01 Cherokee just got a new battery in April - it had the original Mopar in it

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:36 am

excon wrote:...Nope

My 10lb dry cell battery died shortly after that post. The knocking on wood didn't help. I'm "rocking" one from advance since it has a 3 year guarantee on it, and i'm DONE with going through batteries.

damn, that sucks. my dad bought one of those Advance batteries less than a year ago and ended up putting a starter in the van when it didn't need it. It turned out to be a defective battery... He charged it and it was in a normal voltage range, but the amperage actually went down.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:31 pm

My original battery went in 2.5 years, but I think my asshole dealership had something to do with that. I brought my car in to have the transmission replaced under warranty and they gave it back to me with a completely dead battery that wouldn't hold a charge. I've got 4 years on my DieHard and it's been fine.

Meanwhile, my mother's 2002 Stratus still has it's original battery

.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:51 pm

I replaced mine a few months ago.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:26 pm

MY OEM battery was installed on August 17, 2005 and died Monday at 38,862 miles.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:11 pm

4 years is a decent run for a battery.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:40 am

Are there any signs when it starts to go bad?

I can monitor the battery voltage on my AE scan gauge.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:27 am

The voltage was fine on mine. I went out one day and click click click.

The long intervals of sitting probably sped up the death of my battery. If it was driven every day it probably would still be in there.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:41 am

racer12306 wrote:The voltage was fine on mine. I went out one day and click click click.

The long intervals of sitting probably sped up the death of my battery. If it was driven every day it probably would still be in there.

Same for mine with the okay voltage and the sudden "click, click, click." I think that the time the car spent sitting outside in Iowa before I bought it (August 2005 to May 2006) didn't help the battery life.

excon · Post by **excon** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:06 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Are there any signs when it starts to go bad?

I can monitor the battery voltage on my AE scan gauge.

Slow cranking, taking forever to get to start, and jumping the battery when it finally dies.

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