My '06 has been in the garage this winter without a battery maintainer on it. The battery is completely dead. Should I jump start it and hope the battery re-charges and then put the maintainer on it or replace the battery. I know with the electronics on vehicles today it could cause problems. What is my best course of action?:
Jump it and drive the car to Pontiac. Let them check it out under warrenty- They can then advise you.
Great advise above but leave out the part of letting the car sit without a trickle charger on it... it shouldn't matter, just don't provide them with a back door excuse. My battery was replaced 3 months before I took delivery... apparently the car sat on the lot too long and it died. I take it out for a romp if the weather provides the opportunity once a week, so far so good.
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Call your dealer and tell them and ask their advice before moving the car. Do not charge it first. They will test the battery. The "deader" the battery the better for warranty sake.
I thought my battery died, I put in on my battery tender..... still dead??????
Had it rolled backed to the dealer,,,, damn computer died. No signal from the computer to the ignition. It just went. dayum
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I've had batteries go-to-dead like that in the past, and then gone on to use the same battery for 5 more years... In any case, put it on a rather low (10-amp or lower) auto-charge and see what happens. She may be just fine. Or toss in a new battery... Is $60 bucks worth the trouble of involving the dealership, dropping the car off, getting rides back & forth, and floating a little white lie? A battery tester that can also "load-test" is also a nice tool to have in the garage, so that once your battery is charged up, you can make sure it's healthy and reliable.
I've had batteries go-to-dead like that in the past, and then gone on to use the same battery for 5 more years... In any case, put it on a rather low (10-amp or lower) auto-charge and see what happens. She may be just fine. Or toss in a new battery... Is $60 bucks worth the trouble of involving the dealership, dropping the car off, getting rides back & forth, and floating a little white lie? A battery tester that can also "load-test" is also a nice tool to have in the garage, so that once your battery is charged up, you can make sure it's healthy and reliable.
The goats battery is double your estimate and covered under warenty... so I'd say, yes its worth putting it on the dealer.
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But he admittedly left the car sit for months, without a trickle.... Call me honest, I don't believe in posing for warranty when it's no fault of the manufacturer... Whatever.
I agree with 69bossnine a slow long charge is best done by you.If the car sits you need a charger anyway.The less hands under the hood the better and you will most likely have the youngest and dumbest tech rev the **** out of it,use no fender covers or worse yet dirty ones,or they will charge it and then say they cannot duplicate problem.You also are a risk if its not towed properly.I would go to them as last resort because the less people that are around you baby the less chances of stupid things happening.
Fellas: The dealer can check if the battery is bad. Putting the battery on a tender will get it back to running condition, but the battery should be checked to make sure lead sulfation hasn't occurred to the point the battery's longevity has been too seriously compromised. I don't think any damage has occurred, it just needs juiced then maintained.
The dealer will not replace it unless it has reached a certain point.
Personally, I would think the battery would be fine once it is charged then maintained with a tender if the car is going to sit or started and ran for a while periodically. It didn't sit that awful long however it would not hurt to get it checked.
My battery in my 4 runner is about 4 years old. It was dead 3 weeks ago from sitting in the cold for a few months. I put it on a tender for 2 days. It charged right up and even after sitting in this cold for the past 3 weeks it cranks right up.
If he calls the dealer like I suggested, I think the dealer would tell him to charge the battery. So IMO....Tom, check the water level, then charge it and get a battery tender to keep it at full charge... Mine is a Deltran and cost 56.00 and it's worth it.
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Last edited by GTO JUDGE : 02-20-2008 at 07:03 PM.
Fellas: The dealer can check if the battery is bad. Putting the battery on a tender will get it back to running condition, but the battery should be checked to make sure lead sulfation hasn't occurred to the point the battery's longevity has been too seriously compromised. I don't think any damage has occurred, it just needs juiced then maintained.
The dealer will not replace it unless it has reached a certain point.
Personally, I would think the battery would be fine once it is charged then maintained with a tender if the car is going to sit or started and ran for a while periodically. It didn't sit that awful long however it would not hurt to get it checked.
My battery in my 4 runner is about 4 years old. It was dead 3 weeks ago from sitting in the cold for a few months. I put it on a tender for 2 days. It charged right up and even after sitting in this cold for the past 3 weeks it cranks right up.
If he calls the dealer like I suggested, I think the dealer would tell him to charge the battery. So IMO....Tom, check the water level, then charge it and get a battery tender to keep it at full charge... Mine is a Deltran and cost 56.00 and it's worth it.
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