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Hi , bought my car ( Sierra SLT ) new on August 2018 , today the battery is dead which is less than 14 months life cycle . Is that normal , any idea what will be the warranty on battery of a new car ? I have no additional lights or electric modification that can consume the battery .

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Black02Silverado
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Heat will hurt a battery as well but the reason most see issues in the cold is because of the extra CCA's it takes to turn the engine over when it is cold due to the thicker oil and electrical draw fr

mookdoc6
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Absolutely Normal!  I live in extreme heat too.  GMT 900's faired slightly better but K2's are almost exactly 12-14-16 months nothing after.  Record your date when you bought LOG it and when you get t

Ozer
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You may want to upgrade to Optima or something similar then, otherwise it could happen again in that heat.

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Could have just been a junk battery from the start, I wouldn't concern myself with it to much at this point. Bring it to the dealer and they'll have to do a test with a midtronics machine and get a print out that the battery is no good or they'll end up charging it and sending you on your way.

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I would think it was a bad battery from the start.  It should be covered under warranty still. 

 

There is going to be a bunch of battery changes in the next few months as the weather gets cold and individuals find out that the battery in their vehicles are at their end of life.  I see it every year as I go into auto parts stores and they have empty shelves where the batteries are kept. 

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I would think it was a bad battery from the start.  It should be covered under warranty still. 
 
There is going to be a bunch of battery changes in the next few months as the weather gets cold and individuals find out that the battery in their vehicles are at their end of life.  I see it every year as I go into auto parts stores and they have empty shelves where the batteries are kept. 



I live in the Middle East so it real hot here not sure if this extra heat decreases the battery life


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Extreme heat seems to be harder on the batteries than cold is. I don't know if that's a fact, but i do remember several other people complaining on here how early their batter went to junk and they lived in the desert southwest. I'm in Wisconsin and my truck is 4 years old with original battery. Never a hard start and we hit -20s last winter.

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Heat will hurt a battery as well but the reason most see issues in the cold is because of the extra CCA's it takes to turn the engine over when it is cold due to the thicker oil and electrical draw from the starter.  

 

Plus if you are a short trip person then the battery doesn't get charged like it would and each start cycle draws it down more and more and no long drive to charge it back to full.

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5 hours ago, khaledsamy36 said:

 

Hi , bought my car ( Sierra SLT ) new on August 2018 , today the battery is dead which is less than 14 months life cycle . Is that normal , any idea what will be the warranty on battery of a new car ? I have no additional lights or electric modification that can consume the battery .

Thanks

 

 

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Absolutely Normal!  I live in extreme heat too.  GMT 900's faired slightly better but K2's are almost exactly 12-14-16 months nothing after.  Record your date when you bought LOG it and when you get to 12 months just except the fact that your going to be dead very shortly or buy new one and remove the frustration of DEAD TRUCK somewhere you don't want to be DEAD i.e. 40 miles away from nearest town no tools etc?

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You may want to upgrade to Optima or something similar then, otherwise it could happen again in that heat.

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27 minutes ago, Ozer said:

You may want to upgrade to Optima or something similar then, otherwise it could happen again in that heat.

Unfortunately, where he resides buying the cheapest battery is best return on money.  Even if he could get OPTIMA the added expense would still net dead battery in short order.

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Wife's battery was acting up on her new explorer. I noticed the positive cable was corroded and when I took it off to clean I found this. The dealership gave us a new battery and we were on our way.f63937ee917cc89005dac188f8d9a9fe.jpg

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Update - GM dealer will send a free break down to take the car and replace the battery - I will pay 50 percent of the battery price as per them since the car is still under the warranty .

Tried to jump start ( using my F150 ) but the car won’t start ( cable is good as tried before ) so GM is on the way . Pretty good service imo

Thanks all - btw the batteries they use here is ac-Delco

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15 Z71 Senior Enthusiast

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I dont really understand these batteries. My wife's 2011 acaida still has original battery in it. Almot 9 years old. My 15 Sierra battery barley made it little over 4 years...dead.

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Depends on voltage need some times. I’m not entirely sold on the variable output alternator. My bmw starts going bat shit crazy if voltage drops below 12.3v, and these trucks are even more technical than the X3 is. 

 

Brand new batteries can also be junk. The 3 month old one in my 442 read 0.00 after I did some distributor work. After a charge it load tested fine. HOWEVER the side terminals shows HALF the amps as the top terminals. Internal fault. Sometimes a defective battery can hide for a while, but conditions can bring those defects to a head. 

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