Have I just been really lucky that my stock battery has lasted 3 years and
45K miles??? I've got a whole bunch of stereo as well...I'm sure that the
battery takes a beating.
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L""Steve Feiler"" <stcr@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:005f01c31778$b96b57c0$c7256844@computer... > > Another tip... This one for all the people who join "Dead Battery Club" > every month. There's a lot of people in this club - the factory battery > tends to crap out pretty early. > > This only works if you're still under warranty. If you're not, it's time to > cough up some dough. > > Your battery is a guaranteed item during the factory warranty. If it > happens to go out during dealership service business hours (I believe this > range is 6:30AM to 6:30 PM - call roadside support to confirm), the > dealership requires you to push/pull/tow/drag your vehicle to the nearest > dealership for battery replacement. > > However, if your battery dies outside of those business hours, > Daimler-Chrysler is nice enough to authorize you to get back on the road > right away... Therefore, you can go to the store at night and buy whatever > battery you want, get your vehicle working, and then submit the receipt to > your local service department and they will reimburse up to $77 (the value > of the replacement factory battery they would give you). This way you can > pick whatever battery you want (to include Optimas) instead of getting > another one of those oversized bricks that seem to only last 24k miles. The > only catch is you have to spring for the battery out of your pocket and wait > 7-10 days before the reimbursement check shows up in your mailbox. > > Pretty straightforward? The only part "I'm not recommending" is that the > dealership doesn't check the old battery - you can give it to the store to > get your core charge back. I myself did truly have a dead battery and was > happy to upgrade to an Optima for less than $40 out of pocket, but the way > the system works, anybody could swap out their batteries at any time for a > better model and get the reimbursement. Darwin tip: Make sure your battery > receipt shows you bought it outside of business hours. >
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