Who still has the Origional Panasonic Battery??

[tomlite]

Mine is almost 8 years old.

Tom

 

[concretejungle]

Mine just went bad 5 months ago. So mine was running on 9 years old! Pretty impressive.

 

[NorCalDoug]

Don't have mine anymore -- it died about a year ago.
Still have one in the wife's LX. They stuck Lexus stickers all over it -- odd...

 

[Scamper]

Mine's still running fine. I expect it will die when I get to 300K.

 

[concretejungle]

by the way, the battery, front rotors (pads are obvious) and PHH are the only thing that has failed me on the 80 in over 2 years and she has 156,000 miles and counting.

 

[sjcruiser]

Still have mine - no Lexus sticker on it at all

 

[Bob_Garrett]

Mine had already been replaced when I purchased the truck in '99. It was a Florida truck so I suspect the heat contributed to its early demise. The wife's '98 ES300 is still going on it's Panasonic, tho..

Bob

 

[Landpimp]

I have the one out of moms 97, still working fine.........think I have it in the fj55......

 

[informationjunky]

The one in our 95 lasted untill last year.

 

[Lockd97]

Mines is still going strong, hope I didn't just jinx it!

 

[scottm]

Mine's not going to make it into winter.

 

[Koffer]

Still got it in the 96

 

[YngTLCOwner]

Still have it in the 97 but plan to change it out to Optima Yellow top in few months. Rig is at 97000 miles right now.

 

[MrZumma]

Mine is still in there too.. I am impressed

 

[Terrax]

Those are the best damn batteries, mine lasted 7 years +, too bad you can't buy them here in the USA.

 

[drohweder]

Mine died in 2004-it was original in my 97. Now she is running on gel

 

[Scott_sFZJ80]

My truck sits too much to keep a battery for any length of time and I think the stupid "Code Alarm" that isn't even on, drains the battery. So now I just leave the battery unhooked with a quick release.

 

[Scott_sFZJ80]

Oh the weird thing is every time I switch it back on and then turn on the radio the radio goes to the default station as expected but when I press a preprogram station it remembers all the settings. Is there a small battery in the radio for this function?

 

[Scamper]

YOU FRIGGIN BASTIDS!!

No sooner do I respond tho this thread, than my friggin original battery dies!

The MUD jinx is alive and well

 

[Riley]

The OEM battery in my 95 was doing just fine a few months ago. I replaced it anyway as PM.

It's sitting on the shop floor.