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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 2008battery replacement?
I have an 02 Civic with the original battery. 85K miles. I'm not having any problems but I'm wondering if there is a "service life" expectancy. I can't seem to find anything on the battery. Should I have it replaced or wait for symptoms? Thank you Anything over four or five years is borrowed time. Whether you wait till it fails depends on how you feel about getting stranded with a dead battery. Batteries seldom give indications before they fail. >I have an 02 Civic with the original battery. 85K miles. I'm not having any > problems but I'm wondering if there is a "service life" expectancy. I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thank you Whew! I have '00 Accord with 85k miles & still on the original battery. BUT ------ one of these days, as the previous reply indicates, it could fail without warning. Battery life is dependent on many things, and mileage is probably the least of them. Time and kind of use (or abuse) of a vehicle's electrical systems are more the things that determine how long it'll last. As a side note, my Honda dealer tried "scaring" me about 4 years ago when the Accord was in for some routine maintenance, and told me the battery was "on its last legs"......I better get it replaced NOW, he said. I told them to forget it, and the original battery is now nearly 96 months in service. In reality, I definitely expect it to fail one of these days but I won't be disappointed in its performance after this kind of lifetime! And when it does come time, the replacement won't cost the huge sum expected from the dealer 'cause I'll swap it out myself. If you're concerned about your battery's condition, take your Civic to an Auto Zone or Checker/Schuck's /Kragen Auto Supply store where they'll give you a free battery check (without having to take it out). > news:47738187$1$9114$607ed4bc@cv.net... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > Thank you Thanks for the info. Sounds like it's time for preventive maintance and a new battery. >I have an 02 Civic with the original battery. 85K miles. I'm not having any > problems but I'm wondering if there is a "service life" expectancy. I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thank you > Thanks for the info. Sounds like it's time for preventive maintance and a > new battery. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > Thank you One way to look at it is that you're probably going to have to replace it some time before you're done with the car, so why not now? Only reason not to is if you expect to get 200K miles, so stalling might mean buying one replacement battery instead of two. I've found that if a battery is warranteed for a certain period of time, when that times comes they often die (a DieHard died almost to the day of its 7th anniversary). So it might make sense to replace the battery near the end of its expected life. Beats having it fail when you need it most or when a family member is driving the vehicle. >> Thanks for the info. Sounds like it's time for preventive maintance and a >> new battery. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Only reason not to is if you expect to get 200K miles, so stalling > might mean buying one replacement battery instead of two. > I've found that if a battery is warranteed for a certain period of time, > when that times comes they often die (a DieHard died almost to the day of > its 7th anniversary). So it might make sense to replace the battery near > the end of its expected life. Beats having it fail when you need it most > or when a family member is driving the vehicle. Not arguing with your conclusion about a preemptive battery replacement....just your basing it on an N of 1.... Yeah, it could be anedotal. But that is one I remember since it was within days of the 7-year warranty. Have had others that may have been 6 months on either side of the anniversary. Then there are the defective Exide batteries that Sears sold knowing they were defective. All bets are off on them. >> I've found that if a battery is warranteed for a certain period of time, >> when that times comes they often die (a DieHard died almost to the day of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Not arguing with your conclusion about a preemptive battery > replacement....just your basing it on an N of 1.... >I have an 02 Civic with the original battery. 85K miles. I'm not having any > problems but I'm wondering if there is a "service life" expectancy. I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thank you The longer you wait ,the harder it is for the Alternator to charge it to overcome>the internal resistance of the battery. Folks think there getting a bargain by holding on to a old battery. Look up the price of a good OEM Honda alternator, and you will be heading to the battery shop! > I have an 02 Civic with the original battery. 85K miles. I'm not having any > problems but I'm wondering if there is a "service life" expectancy. I can't > seem to find anything on the battery. Should I have it replaced or wait for > symptoms? > > Thank you You can always "test" the battery, as long as you have jumper cables and another car. A good battery ought to have enough reserve to keep the headlights going (with the engine off) for 10 minutes, then still start the car. If it doesn't, is when the jumper cables and other car come in. How long it can keep the headlights on and still start the car is a reasonable measure of how much reserve it has left. I personally would not do this, because (1) it runs the battery down unnecessarily, and the alternator is not designed to re-charge the battery; and (2) re-charging the battery using the alternator stresses the alternator and reduces its life. "z" <gzuckier@snail-mail.net> wrote You can always "test" the battery, as long as you have jumper cables and another car. A good battery ought to have enough reserve to keep the headlights going (with the engine off) for 10 minutes, then still start the car. If it doesn't, is when the jumper cables and other car come in. How long it can keep the headlights on and still start the car is a reasonable measure of how much reserve it has left. |
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