Grumble Gripe Snivel Wal-Mart Maxx Battery

[MEXICOWANDERER]

It is a toad battery. It is 3 years old. Babied. Never once EVER cycled. Not stored, always in service. Charging voltage MoPar computer regulator. I have NEVER had to water this battery.

AND IT HAS FAILED.

A hundred eleven dollars.

When I get home in goes a group 34 LTH Mexican battery.

What is going on? Is the USA regressing to third-world quality of its products? The battery before this lasted ELEVEN YEARS. A Sears Die Hard. Both are Johnson Controls products.

Regulated charging voltage is monitored to the second decimal place. Nine milliamps quiescent system draw.

Mex is not a happy camper.

[RJsfishin]

I posted here a year ago... my interstate starting batt lasted 11 months,.....and for no reason,....big deal ! Go buy Mexican, that's what you should have bought anyway. Then go do your snibblin in Mexico

[tomkaren13]

Hot weather is harder on a battery then cold. Seems like all batterys here in Florida need to be replaced more often.

[time2roll]

Is there no warranty? Yes you are probably better off with a local battery supplier. And yes sometimes these low cost batteries only last three years. My original truck battery lasted just long enough to be out of OEM warranty. Sam's Club battery lasted just four years but I had dropped my membership and bought a Costco battery that failed within the free replacement period. So I finally got an adjustment.

And then there are other stories where the OEM battery lasted 12 years.

I wonder if anyone still has an old K-Mart battery from the mid '70s that came with lifetime warranty. Dad got two free replacements before the car was stolen.

[darsben]

darsben wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
It is a toad battery. It is 3 years old. Babied. Never once EVER cycled. Not stored, always in service. Charging voltage MoPar computer regulator. I have NEVER had to water this battery.

AND IT HAS FAILED.

A hundred eleven dollars.

When I get home in goes a group 34 LTH Mexican battery.

What is going on? Is the USA regressing to third-world quality of its products? The battery before this lasted ELEVEN YEARS. A Sears Die Hard. Both are Johnson Controls products.

Regulated charging voltage is monitored to the second decimal place. Nine milliamps quiescent system draw.

Mex is not a happy camper.

You bought a WALMART BATTERY probably made in China on the same assembly line that will make the Mexican battery. If not then the battery was speced out to the minimum quality necessary to sell. Most people buy a battery solely on price and in this category price is really an indication of quality
Walmart has a reputation of bringing mediocre products to the American/Canadian public at a LOW price, that is their niche and in some categories that is okay.
So it comes as no surprise to me.

[JiminDenver]

Every five years I have to replace the batteries in the Expeditions even though they are driven regularly and kept charged up. My 04 f150 has it's original battery and even though it may sit for months unused, will start the truck in -20F temps. Go figure.