Hey all,
It's been in the teens and low 20's the last few days and the car is cranking a little longer than normal to start. Today I was leaving the store and started it but it died immediately after starting. I restarted it and let it crank a little bit longer and it was fine. I have been driving pretty short distances around town so I am wondering if because the weather is cold, it's causing a lot more strain on the battery to start and maybe the battery is borderline going bad. And also because I am driving short distances at low speed (5 minutes 25mph) around town that it's not really charging the battery enough. The battery was installed June 2015 and is some AAA brand that PO installed when he owned it. Hoping this is the issue and I am going to take it to an autoparts store and get it tested later. Thinking if i do replace it I might go with the interstate battery from costco. Any other recommendations on different batteries? I know there are a million threads on it but I don't have any crazy setup and car is stock for the most part. Just need something to start in sub 0 temperatures here in Montana.
Thanks,
Bob
It's been in the teens and low 20's the last few days and the car is cranking a little longer than normal to start. Today I was leaving the store and started it but it died immediately after starting. I restarted it and let it crank a little bit longer and it was fine. I have been driving pretty short distances around town so I am wondering if because the weather is cold, it's causing a lot more strain on the battery to start and maybe the battery is borderline going bad. And also because I am driving short distances at low speed (5 minutes 25mph) around town that it's not really charging the battery enough. The battery was installed June 2015 and is some AAA brand that PO installed when he owned it. Hoping this is the issue and I am going to take it to an autoparts store and get it tested later. Thinking if i do replace it I might go with the interstate battery from costco. Any other recommendations on different batteries? I know there are a million threads on it but I don't have any crazy setup and car is stock for the most part. Just need something to start in sub 0 temperatures here in Montana.
Thanks,
Bob