02-15-2021, 09:12 PM
Followup post here: https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?...sg-2598926
... so I tried what I suggested I would do, towards the end of that thread -- I jumped the car to get it started and let it run unattended for about eight hours (I left it parked in front of my house, but I have Zoom cams in front, so the likelihood of theft was low), and then turned it off. After that, about three hours later, I started it up again (no problems starting up) and drove for a short distance ... then when reaching my destination, again let it sit idling for perhaps three hours (parked in a secure location), then drove a short distance again and then finally turned it off.
That was about four days ago, and trying to start it up just now, it won't start up, though it's clear there is still some juice there. So it does seem the battery really does need to be replaced... like it will hold a charge for a short period of time, but obviously not what it should be doing.
Dealership wants $380 (parts and labor) before taxes to do the replacement... no way... so I'm about to pull the trigger on the $170 ACDelco from Amazon, I see that they're offering extended protection plans to go with it, and wondering if worth doing because there are lots of comments on the Amazon pages both for this battery and the Optima yellow tops about the batteries dying and the companies and Amazon not honoring the warranties.
Thoughts / opinions before I pull the trigger? Are there any accessories or anything I need besides the battery and the obvious tools to do this? (Oh, and also -- like the rest of the country, we're currently having a cold spell, so maybe a good idea to wait on ordering the battery until things warm up a bit?)
... so I tried what I suggested I would do, towards the end of that thread -- I jumped the car to get it started and let it run unattended for about eight hours (I left it parked in front of my house, but I have Zoom cams in front, so the likelihood of theft was low), and then turned it off. After that, about three hours later, I started it up again (no problems starting up) and drove for a short distance ... then when reaching my destination, again let it sit idling for perhaps three hours (parked in a secure location), then drove a short distance again and then finally turned it off.
That was about four days ago, and trying to start it up just now, it won't start up, though it's clear there is still some juice there. So it does seem the battery really does need to be replaced... like it will hold a charge for a short period of time, but obviously not what it should be doing.
Dealership wants $380 (parts and labor) before taxes to do the replacement... no way... so I'm about to pull the trigger on the $170 ACDelco from Amazon, I see that they're offering extended protection plans to go with it, and wondering if worth doing because there are lots of comments on the Amazon pages both for this battery and the Optima yellow tops about the batteries dying and the companies and Amazon not honoring the warranties.
Thoughts / opinions before I pull the trigger? Are there any accessories or anything I need besides the battery and the obvious tools to do this? (Oh, and also -- like the rest of the country, we're currently having a cold spell, so maybe a good idea to wait on ordering the battery until things warm up a bit?)
