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Originally Posted by kevenj
I've had 2 "Mopar" batteries in my life (these 2 vehicles) and they both failed way before they should have. I'm thinking they are just crappy batteries - - when they fail again out of warranty I won't be replacing with Mopar batteries!
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OTOH, have you ever heard of an OEM battery - any battery - lasting 9 years? Neither have I. Well... one. Mine!
I bought my '99 300M in the first week of January of '02. Build date was August of '98, so that made it three years and five months old at the time. Since it was Winter (admittedly mild, here in NC), one of the first things I did was have the starting system checked - battery, alternator, starter. Everything checked fine. I have a jumper battery and AAA, so, I just decided to wait.
'03, '04, '05. Man! I
know I'm going outside one morning and the thing's just gonna click, but how do you toss out a part that's working fine? I even ran it dead twice: once with the trunk lid ajar over 36 hours, and another time, I'm not sure. Maybe a door ajar. But a jump and ten minute drive to work and all was fine both times. Not even any slow starts on cold mornings.
I traded the car in late November of last year for this C, with that same OEM battery. Nine years and three months. This one will probably only last two years just to even out the average!