[A4] life of the stock OEM battery

Brian O'Connell boconnell at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 3 11:54:24 EDT 2005


Same here - about 5-6 years is the limit for car
batteries, generally speaking.  98.5 battery was
replaced in 2004.

-B

--- Nicholas Stock <nickstock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve, exactly the same happened to mine (2000)
> after about 4.5 years. Just
> dead one morning. Replacing it is easy. This is
> pretty normal, they don't
> last forever.
>  Nick
> 
>  On 10/3/05, Stephen Lau <steve at grommit.com> wrote:
> >
> > I woke up this morning to a dead battery... I
> checked all my switches
> > and as far as I can tell, I didn't leave anything
> on this weekend. AAA
> > jumpstarted my battery, and the guy recommended I
> get a new battery. My
> > car is a 2001 (purchased in August of 2000), so
> the battery is a good 5
> > years old. Is this a reasonable time to get a new
> battery? (I've no
> > idea what the normal lifespan is for a car
> battery)
> >
> > cheers,
> > steve
> >
> > --
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