Duracell car batteries

[Corneileous]

Well, is Duracell still making good car batteries? Just bought one the other day for my mom‘s 2012 Mazda 3 skyactiv hatchback for about 150 bucks with tax at Sams. Me and my wife had bought a Duracell battery from Sam’s little over five years ago to go in her little 2017 Honda Civic and we never had any problems out of it. Kind of curious how much longer it would’ve lasted but we just recently traded that car in on a 2025 Honda Pilot so hopefully my mom gets at least that out of her new one.

But yeah, she’s old, LOL and so she doesn’t remember ever changing the battery but the one she had, I’m assumimg
was only two years old because a date of June 2022 was etched on the top of the battery that somebody must’ve used an engraving tool to write that but even I don’t remember her ever having to replace her battery that little ago.

Don’t even know where she would’ve gotten it because one, it’s a brand I’ve never heard of which is Global Power and two, wherever she got it, it’s not even the right battery for her car because when I was pulling it out to go get it replaced, I noticed that the battery was way too short because the battery hold-down strap was like two inches away from touching the top of the battery and when compared to the new one, the cranking amps and cold cranking apps was way higher than what that one was.

 

[dogememe]

We finally replaced the Duracell in moms rarely driven old Accord after like 10 years.

So yeah, I’d say they make good car batteries. But really, they don’t make them, East Penn/Deka does.

 

[Chris142]

Duracell does not make car batteries. The lowest bidder does and they just slap a sticker on it.

 

[DuckRyder]

last one i got was an east penn and a leaking piece of garbage. then they guy gave me grief about swapping it.

 

[Urshurak776]

I had one in the Kia Rio for close to 5 years. Also purchased at Sams Club. East Penn. Never had an issue with it. Kia has an O'reillys battery in it now. Not even sure who makes that one....

 

[mrsilv04]

The 'Duracell' battery that came with my Goldwing (purchased used) is an East Penn / Deka re-label.

 

[vwmaniaman]

Got two golf cart batteries this week and they are Deka/East Penn.

 

[Corneileous]

I had one in the Kia Rio for close to 5 years. Also purchased at Sams Club. East Penn. Never had an issue with it. Kia has an O'reillys battery in it now. Not even sure who makes that one....

That’s good. Like I said, that Duracell battery was in the wife’s for about five years and we never had an issue with it.

But yeah, I’ve got an O’Reilly’s Super Start extreme in my 2018 ram 1500 that’s been pretty good so far, but then again the factory original battery only lasted about four years. Never had a single problem out of it except one day after the truck was sitting at my yard where I work all week long, I went to remote start it and it wouldn’t start so I walked over to it and tried to start it. It just clicked, and after spending a long time getting it jumpstarted by a buddy of mine- long story short, after getting the battery tested at O’Reillys, they said it was so dead that it wouldn’t even charge so I just walked out with a new battery.

 

[Corneileous]

last one i got was an east penn and a leaking piece of garbage. then they guy gave me grief about swapping it.

Dang, that sucks.

 

[Corneileous]

To all those that said the Duracell doesn’t make their car batteries, that’s kind of weird being that they are a battery manufacturer so I just assumed that they did… Lol.

That’s still crazy to me that they don’t.

 

[bullwinkle]

I had one in the Kia Rio for close to 5 years. Also purchased at Sams Club. East Penn. Never had an issue with it. Kia has an O'reillys battery in it now. Not even sure who makes that one....

They're East Penn made too, we have a Super Start in our company '19 Express 2500.

 

[Ausfahrt]

Duracell does not make car batteries. The lowest bidder does and they just slap a sticker on it.

That applies to most battery brands.

 

[Corneileous]

So who makes those Global Power batteries?

 

[Number_35]

Duracell does not make car batteries. The lowest bidder does and they just slap a sticker on it.

Agreed the batteries (as with almost anything else) will be made by the lowest bidder, but hopefully the lowest bidder that meets Duracell's (hopefully stringent) standards.

Sears Canada didn't make their own appliances, but I read somewhere they specified a < 2% failure-during-warrantee rate, so the appliances tended to be good.

 

[f355spider]

To all those that said the Duracell doesn’t make their car batteries, that’s kind of weird being that they are a battery manufacturer so I just assumed that they did… Lol.

That’s still crazy to me that they don’t.

I used to work for Duracell many years ago. They are like any multinational corporation. While they make most of their "major cell" batteries (AA, C, D, 9vt, etc), they subcontract a lot of stuff other than just car batteries. Some flashlights, lithium, watch cell, rechargeable and specialty batteries are or were manufactured by other companies. Sometimes even by direct competitors like Eveready or Panasonic. As long as everyone is making money, working with your competition isn't a big deal I guess.

 

[Corneileous]

I used to work for Duracell many years ago. They are like any multinational corporation. While they make most of their "major cell" batteries (AA, C, D, 9vt, etc), they subcontract a lot of stuff other than just car batteries. Some flashlights, lithium, watch cell, rechargeable and specialty batteries are or were manufactured by other companies. Sometimes even by direct competitors like Eveready or Panasonic. As long as everyone is making money, working with your competition isn't a big deal I guess.

Interesting.

 

[oilstudent24]

I’ve had pretty good experiences with the ones I’ve installed. I’ve only had one that had the fuzz on the top. That battery still tests good. I’ve had good luck with them over the other non East Penn Manufacturing.

 

[Donald]

last one i got was an east penn and a leaking piece of garbage. then they guy gave me grief about swapping it.

These days East Penn is one of the better car battery manufacturers.

But all companies have manufacturer defects.

And someone twisting a battery clamp off vs using a small battery clamp puller can cause a battery to become a leaker.

 

[meep]

East penn / deka is the first brand I’ll consider. In the prized applications, X2Power from batteries plus.