Battery shot?
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Burning Brakes
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Battery shot?
Battery window was showing white the other day. Drove 300+ miles today and still white. Is battery shot? My RL was built in April of 2006 and I have almost 20,000 miles on the odometer. Will the dealer give me the runaround about replacing under warranty?
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Burning Brakes
Originally Posted by Rexorg
Battery window was showing white the other day. Drove 300+ miles today and still white. Is battery shot? My RL was built in April of 2006 and I have almost 20,000 miles on the odometer. Will the dealer give me the runaround about replacing under warranty?
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Battery Replaced
I had my 06 RL into the dealer for an oil change, power steering fix and some other maintenance last month at 25,000 miles. I was surprised that they replaced the battery (under warranty). It failed a battery check test that was done as part of my service.
I don't think there is a big problem but 2 years and 25,000 miles? It's a daily driver with a minimum of 30 minute commute (mostly highway) twice a day.
Norm
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I don't think there is a big problem but 2 years and 25,000 miles? It's a daily driver with a minimum of 30 minute commute (mostly highway) twice a day.
Norm
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Originally Posted by Norm
I had my 06 RL into the dealer for an oil change, power steering fix and some other maintenance last month at 25,000 miles. I was surprised that they replaced the battery (under warranty). It failed a battery check test that was done as part of my service.
I don't think there is a big problem but 2 years and 25,000 miles? It's a daily driver with a minimum of 30 minute commute (mostly highway) twice a day.
Norm
94 NSX
05 MDX
06 RL
I don't think there is a big problem but 2 years and 25,000 miles? It's a daily driver with a minimum of 30 minute commute (mostly highway) twice a day.
Norm
94 NSX
05 MDX
06 RL
When I took mine in the last couplle of times, the SM was surprised with the readings they got back from the test.
I think the mfr spec states CCA to be ~ 640, and my battery has been consistently registering ~750.
'06 w/30K miles.
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Called at 9 am this morning. Service writer said I could come in Tuesday PM, as they were full until then. How long does it take to check and replace a battery? If they gave me the battery I could have it in in 15 minutes, or less. She asked if the car could be started. I said yes. She said it should be OK until Tuesday. How does she know? I am not a happy camper.
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where are you at? And welcome to the "so-so customer service" dealer.
Originally Posted by Rexorg
Called at 9 am this morning. Service writer said I could come in Tuesday PM, as they were full until then. How long does it take to check and replace a battery? If they gave me the battery I could have it in in 15 minutes, or less. She asked if the car could be started. I said yes. She said it should be OK until Tuesday. How does she know? I am not a happy camper.
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Burning Brakes
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I got to the dealership 10 minutes early for my 1 PM appointment. Told the service writer the battery is not charging as indicated by the "eye" and have driven over 350 miles since I first noticed it a week ago. She comes back 30 minutes later saying battery is fine and producing 660 CCA instead of OEM of 550. I asked if the eye was now blue. She said she couldn't check as the car was on the lift. What? I was so po'd I didn't asked what the car was doing on the lift. I told her I was not leaving unless the eye was blue, or with a new battery. To make a long story short after waiting a total of 90 minutes I was heading home with a new Acura 100 Month Limited Warranty battery, but with no eye. I guess they showed me.
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