8 years from a 6 year AC-Delco battery

[Racerjk]

I got 8 years each out the factory Delco in my Formula,and the Oreilly Super Start that replaced it. I had another Super Start that only lasted a month or two in my truck though.

I hope the last battery I bought lasts a long time! A good battery can really hit you in the pocket book these days.

 

[RoGuE]

Our 2002 Suburban got 2 or 3 years, my 2007 Malibu got 4 years, our 2002 Tahoe got 2 years before puking acid out... Maybe it's the heat down here...

 

[default]

The maintenance free Delco in my sunfire is at least 5 years old(cant recall the build date) has been frozen solid in -20*f weather once, and just recently was left sitting unhooked under the hood for 3 weeks. Put the car back into service and it cranked like I put it away yesterday.

 

[zeezee]

I had a similar experience with the AC Delco battery in one of my cars. Was about 7-8 years old before it gave up in the cold winter. It took a lot of abuse over the years.

 

[GumbyJarvis]

Golly, I wish I was where yall live! The Florida heat kills batteries in my truck, the MC OEM one lasted 4 years, Everstart Plus lasted 1.5, this one is at 0.5 yrs.

 

[grampi]

I had a battery last for 11 years in a Tercel...with a good charging system a battery can last a long time...

 

[MontanaDude]

My Pontiac Montana 2003 still has the original AC Delco battery. However, it's getting weaker so I am thinking of a replacement. Where is a good place to buy a good battery (AC Delco)? GM dealers are expensive. Advance auto sell cheap batteries, but are they any good? Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Duffman77]

While not an AC Delco battery, my mom called me on Monday saying that the battery in her car just died. I bought that Chrysler in the fall of 2001 and the car was lot stock so I figure it may have had a few months of life before I bought it. 11.5 years is the best I have done on a battery exceeding the 10 years I got out of my AC delco on my vintage camaro.

I firmly believe it is heat in addition allowing them to be run down that kills car batteries.

 

[MinamiKotaro]

The battery in my Ion was eight years old and still functioning perfectly when I replaced it. I figured I should go ahead and do it before it died on me at a bad time.

 

[BillyTheKid]

I don't know what the factory battery was in a 99 VW, but I got 10-11 years out of it and it finally died because I didn't pay attention to the water level in it.

 

[Kestas]

The Die-Hard battery in my car just quit yesterday. I checked the records, and it is exactly 10 years old.

The original Motorcraft battery is my 2001 Sable is still in service (12 years).

The no-name battery in my 71 Cutlass is 9 years old.

 

[Norm Olt]

Got about 10 years and 100K miles on the MB Factory Replacement (probably was a DEKA?) that was almost new in the '91 420SEL when we bought it.

Interestingly it showed as "normal" on the battery test equipment (under load) but would not retain a high enough voltage to power up the computer when left for a week or so.

There was no parasitic drain to speak of that I could diagnose and a Battery Tender would only run for a half hour, or so, before the light would turn green.

After two jumpstart situations I just bought a new Group 49 with a 7 Year (3 year free replacement) Warranty for less than $100.

 

[ron917]

Originally Posted By: ron917
The factory Delco battery in my 2003 Pontiac Montana is still going strong. Build date on the van is June,2003. We bought it with 3 miles on the clock, it has 128k miles now.


Still going! The Delco battery reached 10 years in service (136k miles) on July 5, 2013.

 

[Clevy]

The only time I had to replace a battery it was because the car sat and wasn't driven daily,otherwise I've never had to buy a battery.