It seems like sometime over the past couple years batteries went from lasting me 8-10 years to half that if I am lucky. I'm on my 3rd pair of batteries in less than 5 years in my diesel pickup. Anyways, all that b/s and the parts store drama associated with it is part of what encouraged me to buy an Autel AL539B. It is an OBD scanner, voltmeter, and does battery load testing (giving you actual vs rated CCA). It also has a vehicle start test that monitors voltage drop under load. It is a pretty handy thing to have with you and takes the guesswork out of 'good battery' or not. I charge suspect batteries (CTEK has a reconditioning cycle), test them on the Autel, and then haul them to the parts store for replacement. So far their testing results have matched mine (after more than a little griping).
I have not had this problem on the LX, although the alternator does not seem to charge beyond 13.2-13.3V at idle. If and when it finally kills itself I'll be looking for an OEM rebuild and checking all the high current wires carefully.
I have not had this problem on the LX, although the alternator does not seem to charge beyond 13.2-13.3V at idle. If and when it finally kills itself I'll be looking for an OEM rebuild and checking all the high current wires carefully.
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