Winter start #%@&!!

[ferraritoviper]

My garage is heated 65deg all winter, and no trickle chargers have ever used previously for my cars. After 8 weeks of storage, the 2007 CLK350 Merc (25k miles) turned right over. My 09 Viper with only 3.5k miles, sitting right next to it, did nothing but click when I pushed start.

I would say there is a bit of quality difference, between the two factory provided OEM batteries, Merc vs. Dodge

 

[Garron]

It is protecting it's self so you don't smash it again

 

[georgethedog]

It has a little known "James Bond" type protection system on it that takes a lot of battery power...

 

[ViperGTS]

read and/or search the forum and you will - probably - learn that the battery needs a trickle charger ...


BTW, what is a 350 CLK Merc?

Kind of a space ship? from Mercury, I bet!

 

[ROCKET62]

Now that IS FUNNY!

Did you use the sleep mode??

It is protecting it's self so you don't smash it again

 

[chiefchad]

Mine stored exact same as you, except I disconnected the ground cable from the negative terminal on batt. Should be no vampiric loss. Mine won't be rolled over till Ap 15 though. We will see what happens.

 

[ferraritoviper]

That is so damn funny...got a belly laugh out of it!

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

With all the Viper crashes and dead batteries we hear about, you may be on to something! Maybe these cars don't trust us

 

[swexlin]

The old POS Autozone special (I imagine a prior owner installed) was getting weak (died after initial startup etc). The garage where I keep her has no outlet for a trickle charger.

Put in a new Sears Diehard Platinum last week. What a difference! Get one. That is all.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Or the Viper computer draws more energy than the Mercedes computer.