I say that cause mine is just over a year old and its kaputs already, its died like 5 times, thankfully I'm able to get a boost but today was the breaker! I see there is a tube running out of the top of the battery wtf is that for? Anyways when money is available I would like to get another battery so whats some options out there? Remember I am in so I may not have the available battery here.. PLEASE help, thanks peeps

 

thats the vent tube because it is a lead acid battery. optima deep cycle(yellow top)=it will never let you down

 

I'm with blazin. Optimas are the ****. Just remember:

red top: more for performance cars

yellow top: designed with car audio in mind

blue top: marine

I know they run around $130 around me though. So expect to pay a hefty price.

If you don't wanna go for the optima, interstate batteries are pretty good.

 

my 'delco batt has died a few times already too. they're crap. go with the red or yellow top

 

Diehard Batteries are always good. Get a high cranking capacity. I've had one installed in my Cavailer for 8 years and now my brother owns the car and it still cranks perfect each and every day.

 

Find out what was causing the battery to die, thats what killed it. Out of all the OEMs, Delco and Motorcraft (Ford) batteries are by far the longest lasting. There is something else wrong with your car or your habits, such as leaving lights on or having a draw in the system that is draining the battery, which shortens its lifespan. Don't blame the battery for that, when batteries go bad they won't come back from a discharge, try running some $39 Crapmaster battery down all the way a couple times, it will die right there.

Optimas are always a good choice, thier spiral core, AGM design is super powerful and almost bulletproof to any kind of vibration, temperature, discharge, almost anything. Red Tops are the only ones that carry a long warranty though, and they are comprable to a top level conventional battery. The Yellow Tops are a deep-cycle high performance battery, but they are usually not warrantied for longer than a year due to thier nature, they are usually a competition battery with a far above average load on them.

Intersate makes great batteries, and the Sears Diehard series is good if you buy the upper level Gold or Platinum ones, they last and have a great warranty to boot. I don't know what you have in Canada, but look for something equivalent.

 

My Delco has died on me 3 times in the last 2 weeks.

 

Thanks alot guys.. I hate to think it may be any other problem with the car but in the summer I did kill the battery once playing my cd player while doing security and then thats when it all started.. But again thankyou all for the comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

There should be warranty on the battery still.. Take it to a GM parts department and ask.

 

Optima Yellow Top. I got mine when my Farm and Barn(Fleet) battery crapped out in my Neon and then when I traded the Neon I went and bought a Duralast battery from Autzone and kept the Optima.

 

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