Cghor45

Car wouldn't start a few times yesterday. Took it to get the battery checked today and reading "bad battery".

Anywhere other than Lexus to get a battery? Anyone completely against non-OEM battery and why? Any help with be greatly appreciated!! I can't seem to find a battery for this vehicle anywhere.

**this is NOT the big hybrid battery, this is for the other battery in the trunk**

703

Use the search function.

losiglow

There seems to be a few threads on this. I haven't explored them in great detail because I haven't had any problems. But what I do know is that the 12V battery seems to be different than a regular old battery you'd purchase at Walmart. And that if the car could use any old battery, I doubt Toyota would use a more expensive battery. Toyota's business model revels in simplicity so this tells me there's a good reason they use the battery they do. Profit margins can be pretty thin on cars, especially the sedan market. There's a reason they used the battery they did so I'd definitely do the homework before installing a "normal" battery.