For those in the Midwest: How did your battery do over the cold snap?

[14Accent]

I had no trouble, myself. The Jeep fired up with a smidge of protest every single day. The PS whined, the trans was slow to engage, and the the starter shouldered the load like a champ. Not bad for a $250 beater!

 

[BMW Dom]

Super well! I just replaced it in August. It sat outside in the below 0s for about 5 days. It started right up. I even made a video because I thought it wouldn't start

 

[Furious]

I have a 2002 Toyota with a 1MZ-FE and a 2003 Chevy with a 4.3 Vortec.

Both running Everstart Maxx purchased earlier this year.

They both fired right up, the Toyota had a whine for a few most likely the alternator, The Chevy has a new alternator and was quiet.

 

[ArcherDriver]

Battery did fine, but it sucks running out of bourbon.

 

[MalibuRam65]

4yr old die hard gold battery from Sears started right up

 

[stevejones]

Fine. I dumped my daily driver in the yard & took my truck, which lives in the garage.

 

[silversport]

3 year old A/C Delco (sold by Menards and made in South Korea IIRC) worked just fine...GF's almost 4 year old Walmart (Clarios made) EverStart Maxx also worked just fine...

Bill

 

[joekingcorvette]

The only vehicle that sits outside is my 2012 Honda Civic. I replaced the battery early this winter and it was an Interstate 5 year old battery. Fires right up no matter how cold it is outside. I had an aftermarket auto-start put on this vehicle when I bought it in 2014.

 

[PF52]

I think it was like -8 or -10 here in Chicago, which isn't horribly cold. So, no battery issues here. Sure, it was terribly windy, but that only matters to people and animals.

 

[Flatrate]

Mine sat for 3 days in my uninsulated garage and fired up no problem.

My good friend lost one on Friday when he left work, he went for his jumper pack in his trunk and found out it was a goner and could not be revived. So he got a jump, and went straight to AAP and got a battery. He has not replaced the jump pack yet.

 

[bullwinkle]

The 2 new EP NAPA Proformers did great (both replaced due to JC/Clarios leakers), as did the ~7 year old EP AAA in the Grand Marquis. Didn’t use the Express, it doesn’t have the studs on yet.

 

[Tdbo]

The Pilot was fine (sits in carport.)
The two that sit outside:
The Accord would not start with the remote. Had to go out and start with the key (about a 5 year old NAPA)
I had to use the jump pack on the Ranger (9 month old Interstate.) Fine after that.

 

[Hall]

The only vehicle that sits outside is my 2012 Honda Civic.

Our daughter is home from school and hers ('12 Civic) sat outside through the worst of the cold. I asked my wife if she thought it would start or not as I was walking out to it to check (vs our daughter trying later when I'm at work and it doesn't start). Fired right up and quickly. No slow crank at first, which is not unusual when cold, either. Probably helps that I trickle-charged it for a day just a month earlier when she was home for Thanksgiving.

 

[volk06]

They all started well.
3yr old duracell gold in the F150
2yr old Roadrunner in the fusion started up mulitple times at -10f
The 6 month old napa legend in the edge had no issues.

 

[dlundblad]

Zero issues thankfully. A bad battery shows it’s ugly face real quick in these conditions.

 

[Randol]

5 year old OEM battery in my wife's 2017 Wrangler died suddenly, I suspect a broken buss bar inside, wouldn't support a load. Replaced it with a NAPA battery. I don't know that it had much to do with the cold.
Hot snaps will kill them too.

 

[JimPghPA]

I upgraded my CR-V to a Walmart 24F MAXX in September. That battery is rated for 725 CCA and test above 1000 CCA. Honda puts 500 CCA 51R batteries in them. With way more than that I have no problems starting.

The local Walmart is still out of stock of many of the popular sizes of the MAXX 3 year warranty battery. But they do have the one-year and 2 year versions of most sizes in a limited quantity.

 

[RAR]

My cars sit out in the weather, no shelter of any type.

Temps up here in northern Minnesota were hitting -20F at night and not warming up much during the day.

All three started and ran just fine. The Jeep is new so it had better have no issues. The Mini has a Group 48 FVP AGM battery I got earlier this year when RockAuto went crazy on pricing and it cost me all of $95 shipped. That battery was a great price and I swapped out my flooded battery for it in the Spring.

The Charger kicks over with its Group 49 regular battery at 950 CCA. It’s an Exide ! Oh no! But mine didn’t have one problem in the more than a year of having it. YMMV as usual. Mine sure did.

 

[Skippy722]

Started up no problem after sitting outside in the cold for 48+ hours. Let it run while I was snow blowing the driveway with the defroster cranked, then moved it to finish snow blowing and to clean off the truck.

 

[tmorris1]

Mine sat for 3 days in my uninsulated garage and fired up no problem.

My good friend lost one on Friday when he left work, he went for his jumper pack in his trunk and found out it was a goner and could not be revived. So he got a jump, and went straight to AAP and got a battery. He has not replaced the jump pack yet.

I have found jump packs to be worthless unless you spend a lot of money (like several hundred) in which case you might as well buy a battery. I have picked a few up over the years on sale for $50-100 and they have all been junk and deliver no where near their advertised cranking amps. I have used the smaller lithium jumps packs on ATV's with great results. They are small and can fit in a a small tool bag for rides.
The only vehicle that we had issues with was a 2010 Crown Vic police interceptor and seemed dead until we opened the hood and found ice covering the top of the battery from a drive home from Bemidji in a snow storm and subzero temps. Knocked the ice off and it started right up,, so must have been shorting between the terminals. I usually get 5 plus years on all my batteries. All are probably 3+ years old now.