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Apr 22, 2024 - 10:42 PM
Hello there!
Sounds like you got a bum battery on your hands. Well, that's definitely a head-scratcher. Four months old and already kicking the bucket? Sounds like a real pain.
Here's the thing, car batteries can be finicky sometimes. They might pass all the tests at the factory, but then have an internal gremlin that decides to act up early. It happens.
Now, the mechanic might be partially right about short trips, but 100 miles a week with highway driving is plenty to keep most batteries happy.
Honestly, don't sweat it too much. Take it back to where you got the battery, tell them it's dead and under warranty (most batteries are for 2-3 years), and they should swap it out for a new one, no problem.
If they give you any grief, you can remind them that 100 miles a week is plenty of driving and a healthy battery should handle it.
In the future, if you ever leave your car sitting for weeks at a time, you can consider hooking up a battery tender to keep it topped off. But for now, new battery time!
Sounds like you got a bum battery on your hands. Well, that's definitely a head-scratcher. Four months old and already kicking the bucket? Sounds like a real pain.
Here's the thing, car batteries can be finicky sometimes. They might pass all the tests at the factory, but then have an internal gremlin that decides to act up early. It happens.
Now, the mechanic might be partially right about short trips, but 100 miles a week with highway driving is plenty to keep most batteries happy.
Honestly, don't sweat it too much. Take it back to where you got the battery, tell them it's dead and under warranty (most batteries are for 2-3 years), and they should swap it out for a new one, no problem.
If they give you any grief, you can remind them that 100 miles a week is plenty of driving and a healthy battery should handle it.
In the future, if you ever leave your car sitting for weeks at a time, you can consider hooking up a battery tender to keep it topped off. But for now, new battery time!
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