The OEM/Mopar batteries are the lowest end of the food chain... Mine failed due
to and internal short with minimal mileage. The upside is that they are
covered under the 3/36 warranty with no questions asked at no charge but that's
of little value when your sitting in a parking lot with a shorted battery that
won't take a jump start!
If I were you I'd keep having Mopar replace them under warranty and buy a better
battery after it's up.
Just my $.02
Tom
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Subject: DML: battery failure, TSB?
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: 12/1/2001 7:16 PM
In the last two days, my truck has begun exhibiting
some strange starting problems: Slow to crank, or
cranks fine but won't fire, or starts but won't hold
an idle for a few minutes. Once running everything
works fine. Idles smooth at about 600 rpm; no other
problems.
Before starting it this morning, I put a voltmeter
across the battery terminals and only got 9.5 volts.
But I was able to start the truck and then got 14
volts across the battery terminals with the cables
connected. The voltmeter on the instrument panel takes
a minute or two to come up to 14 volts but it stays
there just fine.
I was talking with a Durango driver today who said
early battery failure is a known problem and there's a
TSB on it.
Anybody know anything about this? The truck is a 2000
4.7L with the heavy duty electrical system. If there
is a TSB, will the dealer replace a battery that's
less than two years old, even if the truck is out of
warranty?
Any help greatly appreciated.
thanks,
-J.
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