Stock battery just crapped out @ 36,500 miles... Just an FYI

[KMeloney]

Hey all,

A couple weeks ago, my truck struggled slightly to start (but did start), and had been fine ever since. But, this morning, the stock battery finally gave up the ghost and wouldn't start.

Just wanted to post this as an FYI. If you've made it this far on your stock battery, chances are you're not going to get too much farther with it.

The POS gel battery on my Z06 went a LOT faster than this, but it's fair to say that most of these GM stock battery are crappola.

Better safe than sorry!

 

[soulsea]

Replaced mine with a Duralast Platinum at 20k miles just in case.

 

[THE YETI]

62,000 miles and 4yrs old. Still going strong..

 

[yates ™]

62,000 miles and 4yrs old. Still going strong..

You are in the south though so without the cold they probably last longer.

 

[ihaveamustang]

You are in the south though so without the cold they probably last longer.

In the South they tend to shit the bed in the middle of the summer. Every battery failure I've ever had was somewhere between June and August. I'm a little concerned about mine this year.

 

[yates ™]

In the South they tend to shit the bed in the middle of the summer. Every battery failure I've ever had was somewhere between June and August. I'm a little concerned about mine this year.

Well damn there goes my theory.

 

[THE YETI]

You are in the south though so without the cold they probably last longer.

Lived in NC until 18 months ago.

 

[yates ™]

Lived in NC until 18 months ago.

I know nothing of NC kind sir.

 

[soulsea]

I know nothing of NC kind sir.

It's like Virginia but worse.

 

[yates ™]

It's like Virginia but worse.

I need you compare things to Iowa as the east coast is foreign to me