Stock battery life

[Claudio Ferraroni]

Hi friends ! I still have stock battery on my '99 GTS and, despite unfrequent driving, it still keeps working fine.
How long should I expect in terms of life-span ??

 

[Paul S Lacey]

Have the same year car and with a battery tender mine is as stong as ever.

On a previous car my battery life with a tender was over five years.

Are you attending the Corvette meet at Hockenheim???

 

[Claudio Ferraroni]

No I won't, but I will probably join the Corvette meeting in Italy on the 25th of April, as soon as I will be sure to be welcome. Sometime we are as welcome as a breadstick in the eye among Corvette owners !!!

 

[thebigsnake]

You really got to be a car inthusiast to have a sportscar in a European city. The countryside wasn't bad, but the urban areas were my worst nightmare, and your government is really doing a number on you with fuel prices.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

When the battery goes it just goes without warning. If you have four years on it, replace it. Don't get stranded like I did.

 

[SylvanSRT]

my experience is that any battery working after three years is working on borrowed time(especailly on a non-daily driver)

 

[MadMaxx]

Swap for an optima redtop. They fit.

Been stranded by a battery, no fun.



MM

 

[VPRVENM97]

I'm one of those on borrowed time. 97 GTS sold in Feb of 98 and it still has the stock battery. I've kept it on on a Battery tender and haven't had any problems. I know its like playing russian roulette with a semi-auto. Optima red top is next on the agenda. For now the Battery Tender is like a respirator keeping life support.

 

[thebigsnake]

No way, a battery never goes just like that.
The car will usually get difficult to cranck when left for about a week. If the battery is OK., the car will cranck over even when stored all winter.

 

[andrew8896]

That depends on how long "all winter" is. Unless the battery is disconnected, there is a small load on the battery which can take it low enough (depending on the vehicle and the electronics in the vehicle, that can be a few months...) over time for the car not to start.

 

[thebigsnake]

Yes Andrew, but why change parts before any apparent symptoms of failure?

 

[Jim Sullivan]

I kept waiting and waiting and before I knew it 8 years had gone by on the original battery.I went down to the local Dodge dealer and put back in it exactly what I had taken out.Of course then again, the clutch hydraulic slave unit didn't last as long as the original battery.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

No way, a battery never goes just like that.
The car will usually get difficult to cranck when left for about a week.

Do you own a Viper? If so, don't bother changing the battery until it goes dead. You'll experience what I and numerous other Viper owners have experienced. I believe it has to do with not having enough juice to properly fire up the computer and get the ball rolling.

 

[Randy]

I had to replace my '95 battery at 33,000 miles, in 1999 (under warranty). It quit cranking the car rather suddenly, despite what someone else said (but this is obviously on a daily driver). I had one warning of batter trouble about two weeks prior to it leaving me stranded at a restaraunt. The second battery (stock mopar) lasted past 65,000 miles and three years.

While I agree that its not something you just want to replace for no reason, I do agree that a battery WILL die eventually. Just when it dies is something you can't predict.