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Nissan Battery

Postby Oly 22 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:48 pm

Well, after three years and two months, my Nissan OEM battery died. Sure didn't last too long. Back to an Interstate MegaTron.


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Postby volvite » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:53 pm

To my knowledge that's typical of an OEM battery. I don't see them lasting as long as I think they should. I have a Duralast Platinum similar to an Optima and it's been great.

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Postby eieio » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:06 am

yep, 3 years seems to be the average

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Postby Oly 22 » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:53 am

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.

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Postby volvite » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:01 pm

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.
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. :D

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Postby eieio » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:07 pm

volvite wrote:
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.
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. :D
yeah, that's exceptionally good battery life
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 :evil:

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Postby volvite » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:09 pm

eieio wrote:
volvite wrote:
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.
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. :D
yeah, that's exceptionally good battery life
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 :evil:
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.

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Postby skinny2 » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:52 pm

I don't think I've gotten more than 3 years out of a non-luxury brand OEM battery in 20 years. I'll be curious to see how long the battery lasts in my wife's Acura as it's included in the 50k mile warranty. I doubt they'd use a cheap battery if they're going to warranty it.

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Postby FLiPMaRC » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:59 pm

My longest battery lasted 6 years :lol: No symptoms. It just died one day.

Shortest is 2 years. I lost the damn receipt from Sam's club so they wouldn't replace it under warranty. So bought another and made sure I put the receipt in a safe place this time.

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Postby jman9895 » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:57 pm

for what they cost, I do mine every 3 years, call it cheap insurance from being stranded.

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Postby yanksfan e46 » Thu May 22, 2014 6:36 pm

My OEM one just died on me today... Had it jumped and drove to Advance Auto... They replaced with an autocraft-gold-battery with 640cca. They had it on sale for under $100 including core exchange.

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Postby smj999smj » Mon May 26, 2014 3:08 pm

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.

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Postby Kestral » Mon May 26, 2014 7:01 pm

Anyone know if the larger size V8 battery will fit on the V6 without any modification?

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Postby Kestral » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:49 pm

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.
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.

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Postby smj999smj » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:56 pm

Kestral wrote:
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.
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.
I have one in an 08 and another in an 06. Both have been working fine.


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