I am with Josh on this matter. I have had my stock battery since i got my
dak at the end of 98. Granted i only have ~51000 miles on it but it also
has a decent stereo system (MTX thunderform) and i have run that out camping
for several hours and the truck still starts just fine. (knock on wood!)
Brian
98 SLT CC V6
""Josh Battles"" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote in message
news:b9oenu$8el$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Have I just been really lucky that my stock battery has lasted 3 years and
> 45K miles??? I've got a whole bunch of stereo as well...I'm sure that the
> battery takes a beating.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
> ""Steve Feiler"" <stcr@lvcm.com> wrote in message
> news:005f01c31778$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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