Moderator: volvite
yeah, that's exceptionally good battery lifevolvite wrote:I would say the battery in your wife's Hyundai is abnormal. I don't think I've ever seen that long on an original OEM battery. +1 for Hyundai.Oly 22 wrote:I would normally agree but my wife has driven a 2007 Hyundai, since new and the original battery is still going strong well into seven years.
Agree on the optimas. I had one in my Jeep and it lasted forever. When I did finally have to replace it, I ended up going through 3 optimas in the span of about 3 years. It was horrible. I sold the Jeep and didn't want that issue with my Pathfinder so I ended up buying the Duralast Platinum, which is a dry cell battery like the optimas and so far it's been working great.eieio wrote:yeah, that's exceptionally good battery lifevolvite wrote:I would say the battery in your wife's Hyundai is abnormal. I don't think I've ever seen that long on an original OEM battery. +1 for Hyundai.Oly 22 wrote:I would normally agree but my wife has driven a 2007 Hyundai, since new and the original battery is still going strong well into seven years.
both of my OEM R51 batteries lasted within a few months of 3 years
the real disappointments were the replacement Optima batteries, which didn't last nearly as long as the OEMs
those were the biggest waste of money I've spent in a long time
Smj how are you making out with the Wall Mart Everstart battery? My 2012 V6 was built late 2011 and I am thinking about dumping the stock batt as this truck sat for long times between drives from the previous owner and from experience that is not good for a battery (Only had 7,000 miles when I bought it early this year). The WM batt is a good price now it looks like $107.00 at my local WM down the street and it gets pretty cold here in Western MA and I don't want to be stuck on the side of the road.smj999smj wrote:I always replace batteries with Walmart's Everstart Maxx. Consumer Reports always rates them highly and last couple I bought were $89. Three-years at 100% plus two-years pro-rated.
I have one in an 08 and another in an 06. Both have been working fine.Kestral wrote:Smj how are you making out with the Wall Mart Everstart battery? My 2012 V6 was built late 2011 and I am thinking about dumping the stock batt as this truck sat for long times between drives from the previous owner and from experience that is not good for a battery (Only had 7,000 miles when I bought it early this year). The WM batt is a good price now it looks like $107.00 at my local WM down the street and it gets pretty cold here in Western MA and I don't want to be stuck on the side of the road.smj999smj wrote:I always replace batteries with Walmart's Everstart Maxx. Consumer Reports always rates them highly and last couple I bought were $89. Three-years at 100% plus two-years pro-rated.