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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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Default Just Curious; What is your Trucks Battery Life so far?

I was reading on another site about brands of batteries and it got me to thinking about the battery in my 03 SS. It still has the original AC/Delco which some people totally hate and say they are nothing but junk, but considering my SS build date was 03/13/2003 mine has lasted (I probably just jinxed myself!) 5 years, 2 months, 13 days I'd have to say this particular battery is a dang good one!

Just curious how long your battery has lasted?
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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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I have the factory battery, and have had no trouble. But now that i have said that it will most likely go out! But yeah i got the truck with 36 miles on it, since then it driven 53K and had a motor swap and been through the phoenix heat for 2 years!

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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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I've had mine since 07/04. Still seems to be going strong. Never missed a crank.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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Factory battery since the end of 02 when i bought it. Still works great and it sits for weeks sometimes.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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i had to swap it on my 2500 a fewe months ago, bought it brand new in 8-02 and it had 90k miles on it
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Old May 25, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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dont buy a red top optima..im on the 3rd one in my race car and 4th one in my truck
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Old May 25, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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i bought a battery at advance auto autocraft
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Old May 25, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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Mine lasted about a year and half and i also went thru a optima red top and now i have a yellow top and its doing great
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Old May 25, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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i got my truck at 106k and it had an ac delco battery in it, dont know if it was the original or not but it lasted till 110k
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Old May 25, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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got my truck at 212,000 KMS and it was the original ac delco battery, so it crapped out on me back in february at around 119,000KMS, so about 8 years 2 months, not to bad, money was tight so I bought a motomaster eliminator battery, 10 year warranty 5 year free replacement warranty, 100 bucks for the battery
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