Battery - questions, concerns, and/or problems
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Battery - questions, concerns, and/or problems
Broke my leg in February and just started driving again. For a month the GX sat, then it was placed on a battery tender. Took it off the tender Friday and it started right up. Left it overnight and couldn't start up. My fault for leaving it for a month. Anyway, looked up an OEM battery on Sewell's site. With discount 713.39 for the Panasonic! Did a little research and picked up a Sears Diehard Platinum. 710CCA and it's a perfect fit. Also 4 year full replacement warranty. So, if your battery dies, and you're looking for a good fitting, quality replacement, I can recommend the Diehard Platinum.
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Broke my leg in February and just started driving again. For a month the GX sat, then it was placed on a battery tender. Took it off the tender Friday and it started right up. Left it overnight and couldn't start up. My fault for leaving it for a month. Anyway, looked up an OEM battery on Sewell's site. With discount 713.39 for the Panasonic! Did a little research and picked up a Sears Diehard Platinum. 710CCA and it's a perfect fit. Also 4 year full replacement warranty. So, if your battery dies, and you're looking for a good fitting, quality replacement, I can recommend the Diehard Platinum.
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I replaced the battery on my previous GX (2004) at the dealer and it was about $130. They used an OEM "Lexus" brand (it did have the Lexus sticker on it) and when I asked who made their battery they said Interstate. I am surprised, actually shocked that any battery would cost over $700!!
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As Eppieguy stated, Costco batteries are the best bang for the buck (and rated among the best).
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Last edited by Koz; 05-15-13 at 05:22 AM.
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It is but honesty prevents me from using the warranty. I was out of commission for a month and let it go flat. Doing a search on this forum it seems the Panasonic battery can fail as soon as 3 years. The Diehard I bought is a better battery technology (AGM), has more CCA's, and a no deductible 4 year warranty so I can't complain.
Last edited by rockydog; 05-15-13 at 03:38 PM.
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It is but honesty prevents me from using the warranty. I was out of commission for a month and let it go flat. Doing a search on this forum it seems the Panasonic battery can fail as soon as 3 years. The Diehard I bought is a better battery technology (AGM), has more CCA's, and a no deductible 4 year warranty so I can't complain.
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Exactly. I don't even know why the battery would go bad/dead after not using the car for a month. My Viper had a 7 year old battery in it and it would sit sometimes longer than that without a battery tender hooked up and it still started up without any problems and it was a factory Mopar battery, nothing special. Even if your battery died that quickly it shouldn't have gone bad that quickly which is why the warranty should have been used.
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Try to replace the battery under warranty.
If that doesn't work, you can get one from Costco for less than $150 or so. I would personally recommend to go with Optima Red or Yellow batteries, which are excellent.
If that doesn't work, you can get one from Costco for less than $150 or so. I would personally recommend to go with Optima Red or Yellow batteries, which are excellent.
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They don't make an Optima battery that will work on the GX 460. If I can remember, the posts are of the wrong side. I looked into it when I needed a battery....
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If you need post reversed, you can get an extension (a few bucks at any auto store) or locate RedTop 35R or Yellow Top D35R. The last letter R stand for "reversed" terminals.