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It is. I should have bought two of them.ls that from Auto zone, Duralast?
I got a battery for my 94 escort at Auto Zone, circa 2003 and lt lasted me 9 years too!
It is. I should have bought two of them.ls that from Auto zone, Duralast?
I got a battery for my 94 escort at Auto Zone, circa 2003 and lt lasted me 9 years too!
I had the original AC Delco battery go bad on my encore when it had less than 30k miles on it. It did some odd things similar to what happened with your vehicle. As it was under warranty, I took it to the dealer and they gave me a new AC Delco battery. Things were good for about 6 months or so and then it happened again. The battery was so low I had to charge it for a while to jump it off. I thought it might be the alternator. A friend who used to work at a dealership before he recently retired told me there had been some problems with the AC Delco batteries. I bought a Duralast Gold and haven't had any problems so far a year and a half later. The computer goes into a protection mode when the battery gets too low and can be very aggravating.
keep us posted.
hope this is the answer.....
Thank you all, for your replies, and for taking an interest in my issue.Top tip: rear blind spot modules! The modules are mounted behind the left and right rear corners of the bumper, and LOVE to get corrosion build up. Once this happens, the modules create havoc on the communication lines in the vehicle, literally causing EVERY issue you're describing.
This TSB is for the Enclave/Traverse, but I've seen it happen on ALL GM vehicles from the era when equipped with BSM.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/SB-10081969-2280.pdf
I just looked online, and can't get a schematic of what's behind there.Top tip: rear blind spot modules! The modules are mounted behind the left and right rear corners of the bumper, and LOVE to get corrosion build up. Once this happens, the modules create havoc on the communication lines in the vehicle, literally causing EVERY issue you're describing.
This TSB is for the Enclave/Traverse, but I've seen it happen on ALL GM vehicles from the era when equipped with BSM.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/SB-10081969-2280.pdf
I just looked online, and can't get a schematic of what's behind there.
Would you, or anyone else, have suggestions?
Thank you
Yep an internal short sounds likely as the cables usually aren't hot.sounds like an internal short in the battery, happened to me this summer both battery terminals to hot to touch , a few no starts like you jump the battery turn the car off right away and it would restart instantly without a jump, changed the battery no issues since.
Will do; thank youJust for giggles check the battery connection at the starter. A loose connection there will give odd symptoms also.
Thanks so much!It's hard to describe. The modules are held to the bumper via molded in brackets. They aren't removable without removing the bumper, but they each have connectors which SHOULD be visible from underneath the car.
This might help:
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On a new battery that may have not been fully charged and driving for 40 minutes warm terminals are not uncommon with under hood heat soak i think you're fine.Thank you all, for your replies, and for taking an interest in my issue.
I put the new battery in; drove the car for 40 min; the terminals - both - were warm.
What irritates me, badly, is that the AC Delco battery, manufactured by Johnson Controls, had a "Made in China" sticker affixed to the case.
As for the TSB, I am going to look into that, and I thank you: I got a pressure washer recently, and I used the pressure washer on the rear bumper, including in and around the sensors - to remove wax from the sensors.
Again, thanks to all who took an interest in my problem.
Hello,NDL,Tonight it happened again: I shut the engine off, and opened the door to cut the accessory power. When I hit the start button, nothing; I then took my foot off of the brake (the brake must be pressed in order to start the engine), and as I lifted my foot off of the brake, she started.
I then drove 15 miles, parked, shut the engine off, and opened the door to cut the accessory power. Not the first time this happened: when I open the door to cut the accessory power, it shuts *everything* off, including the power locks and interior lights. Hit the start button and nothing. And then...third occurrence: I pressed the remote start button on my remote, I heard the fuel pump prime, and bam, she started. The center stack was dark, I hit the HVAC power, and bam, she lit up and functioned fine. I then drove ten flawless miles, backed into my driveway - the engine felt like she was running a little lean, and the backup screen blanked and came back.
This is bizarre: I can have several weeks of trouble free performance, and then out of nowhere, it happens. It's not weather or temp sensitive. Once I was in my driveway, I started/shut off the engine five times with zero issues.
All in all, this has happened maybe six or seven times in six or seven weeks: otherwise she's flawless, and I drive her daily.
Puzzling...
Thanks in advance.