battery problem

by **KSolara** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:35 pm

has anyone had any battery problems?
i parked my car for about an hour at a park today and when i came back to leave it wouldnt start...
its only 3 yrs old with 27k miles
any ideas what it could be? or is it just the battery? alternator?

by **kingkakyle** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:33 pm

i had my battery completely die on me after a year and couple months
thankfully it is covered under warrenty and they replaced it for free
the problem was it wouldn't hold the charge....
also last week my friend with her 04 had her battery die as well and she just replaced it, no problems at all now

by **[SMAN]** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:02 am

I've had dead batteries before. The easiest way to see if it's dying is to jump it, drive around for a few minutes, and then go home and turn it off. If it won't hold a charge, then the car won't start again. Batteries only come with a 1 year warrenty anyways cause they are only expected to last for two to three years. You cna go down to autozone and they can test the battery and see if it is dead. This is a free service they offer.

by **KeepItSimpleStupid** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:28 am

My battery dies prematurely too. Turns out that the dealer doesn't check the battery water. I think it's just plain wrong. I talked to the service manager. So, this is one service I to do myself.

I'm perfectly capable of doing 99% of the services, but I would have to invest in a code scanner. I just don't have the time. MUST do myself.

by **[SMAN]** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:57 am

Autozone has codescanners that they will read your car free of charge (yes i know it sounds like i'm plugging them, but they do offer a lot of free services to help people). As far as putting water in it, make sure you use distilled water (PURE H2O) as the regular tap water will mess things up. Hopefully it's not to late to keep the chemical reaction going.

by **gone** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:14 am

kingkakyle wrote:i had my battery completely die on me after a year and couple months
thankfully it is covered under warrenty and they replaced it for free
the problem was it wouldn't hold the charge....
also last week my friend with her 04 had her battery die as well and she just replaced it, no problems at all now

how is the battery covered under warranty? if ur car dies is toyota gonna come to u and replace it or r u supposed to tow the car there? i never heard of the battery being warrantied. thats good u got one for free tho.

by **Sebas007** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:00 am

06toyo chick wrote:
kingkakyle wrote:i had my battery completely die on me after a year and couple months
thankfully it is covered under warrenty and they replaced it for free
the problem was it wouldn't hold the charge....
also last week my friend with her 04 had her battery die as well and she just replaced it, no problems at all now

how is the battery covered under warranty? if ur car dies is toyota gonna come to u and replace it or r u supposed to tow the car there? i never heard of the battery being warrantied. thats good u got one for free tho.

Optima battery are warrantied : 3 years !
http://www.optimabatteries.com/publish/optima/americas0/en/config/product_info/automotive/starter/warranty_info.html

by **vuuuuu** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:15 am

I had to replace mine at about 2.5 years. However, I've had my battery die twice because I left the door slightly open when my headlights were set on Auto. No really problems though.

by **cklinh** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:46 am

Had to replace mine at about 2.5 years as well... I don't drive my car that much, and that battery died on me more than a handful of times... even though it wasn't totally dead, I figure it couldn't hurt to get a new one. Grabbed the top of the line battery at Auto Zone.

by **kingkakyle** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:49 am

06toyo chick wrote:
kingkakyle wrote:i had my battery completely die on me after a year and couple months
thankfully it is covered under warrenty and they replaced it for free
the problem was it wouldn't hold the charge....
also last week my friend with her 04 had her battery die as well and she just replaced it, no problems at all now

how is the battery covered under warranty? if ur car dies is toyota gonna come to u and replace it or r u supposed to tow the car there? i never heard of the battery being warrantied. thats good u got one for free tho.

no clue lol i somehow got my car to start and drove it to the dealership
they did a diagnostic and when i got the paper work charge was $0 and it said "covered by warrenty"

by **KeepItSimpleStupid** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:52 pm

Dead battery fix. I jumped the car and drove 10 miles to the dealer. Left the car running (2 keys) while the service order was wrung up. I was lucky it happened in the driveway and a second car available to jump it.

It's also best to use "distilled water" and not "de-ionized water", "tap water". "spring water", "mineral water" or "seltzer water".

Most, may not know what de-ionized water is. De-ionized water has low conductivity (no ions) and may be very finely filtered, but may have undesireable chemical compounds in it.

by **blaK** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:44 pm

Stinger, 10 years!!!

by **Down2TheC** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:33 pm

So OEM battery isn't the most reliable??? shocking!
Guess I'm lucky. 3 yrs 5 months and still running fine.

by **ClassySolaraGuy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:22 pm

Optima

by **KSolara** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:34 pm

i went to pep boys his morning and had em chek my battery for me and it was totally dead so i got a new one...
80 buks but i didnt want the economic one they had so i just dished out the extra 20 buks
its been working fine all day.. so i guess no complaints

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