I had to replace my battery today, been having shaky/slow and sometimes no starts for the last 3 weeks.
Yesterday I smelled sulfur/rotten eggs in the cabin, thought maybe it was the burger i had for lunch.

Came out this morning, and would not start, called Acura roadside, they came out and jumped it no problem. I replaced it with a cheapie napa battery ($40) cuz I was in a bad mood.
Easy install though, no flesh lost, no acid burns, so I'm happy.

I still think that a battery should last more then 26 months. I got mine in July 2000. It was actually a damn AC-Delco battery, I guess the dealer coulda pro-rated it but they would have charged like $80 for a battery and I didn't have time to mess with them.

I am getting the impression that Acura parts=Good 3rd-party parts=Bad
Our transmissions are 3rd party, right? I've been thru one of those already too.

 

FYI....http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=80755

 

In my experience with new vehicles, I've never had or heard of an OEM battery last more then 3 years. I'd say that two years is average and expected. Just go to autozone or costco (sears, walmart, pep boys...) and buy a new battery for $40 - $70 that will out perform the OEM in CCA and longevity.

Sealed maintanence-free batteries tend to have a sudden death - they'll work fine and then just stop one day. If I had a 3 year old OEM battery and was looking at a cold winter, I'd just buy a new battery prophylactically and forget about it for 5 or six years (been there, done that).