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I drove over to Autozone and asked to borrow their battery/alternator scanner. CC amperage was way down, so just threw a new battery in there, and all is good. Ended up costing $230 even with tax, and $22 core charge credit for their Duralast with a 3 year warranty.
Pros: new battery, all good
Cons: CC amperage way down
Vehicle:
Kia
Just a heads up I had same issue with my Titan and it was the battery. I purchased a cheaper battery and 6 months in I get only a click when trying to start truck. Sometimes would start sometimes not. Then I bought the same battery again to see if that would fix the issue. This time it didn\u2019t start at all with the same type of battery, tested 100% charge and 100% battery life. So I said let me try buying a better quality battery just to see if anything happens, sure enough the truck started. It has kept starting ever since.
Pros: truck started, issue fixed
Cons: cheaper battery failed
Vehicle:
Nissan
Duralast is a decent brand, I’ve always went with the gold, no real reason just that it’s what was in the car before.
Pros: decent brand
Of course, you can get a new battery, and I recently had a new battery 80% covered by the dealer, since this is a very well known and documented problem. (My battery was going on 6 years old, so I felt like the discount made it a good time to replace it anyways. The discount was specifically because it is a known issue, and supposedly the new battery is more powerful and “solves” the problem, per the dealer.)
Pros: more powerful, solves problem
my 2010 4x4 needs a new battery. This one lasted 4 years Duralast Gold.
Pros: lasted 4 years
My 7.5 yr old Forester is still on the original battery. I did need a jump a couple weeks ago after sitting with the lights on for a half hour, which was weird, but it's been fine since
Pros: long lifespan
Cons: needed jump once
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
Replacing my battery recently
Cons: battery replaced
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 40000 km
A new battery at 10k miles.
Cons: battery replaced early
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 10000 km
Battery died around 50k miles.
Cons: battery died
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 50000 km
My 2020 Outback OEM battery only lasted 3-ish years.
Cons: short lifespan
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
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