What is the average life of the factory battery in an 06 TL?

 

Depends on where you live, etc. I've gone through 2 batteries in just less than 3 years, but I live in the Phoenix, AZ area...which eats batteries like candy.

 

My 04 is still on its original battery.

 

better have that 04 battery tested right away!

The newer the year car, the tighter cowled the engine and higher compartment temps result. As said above- heat bakes batteries, literally boiling the acid fluid out of it, no fluid- nothing to recharge and conduct juice...

Running a big amp or other heavy loads can put extra wear on it, numerous short trips with no time to recharge the battery are bad, stop and go commute with ac and light and stereo are bad

When it fails and they all do, consider the pro-rated warranty cost to replace at dealer vs a good aftermarket battery

For referance - back in the day with low load car a battery would go 4-6 years, now 3-4 is average and 2-3 happens,,some cars are hard on parts

 

my oem battery died within 2 years. 05 TL
my new yellow top optima's going strong through...going on 3 years

 

It also depends on how you treat your car, for example I usually walk to lunch because the plaza is just a 5 minute walk from my office, but some people drive because they don't care about their car.

 

my 'first' battery was replaced within the first 12 months of ownership. my second battery was just put in last week. all under warranty. bought it new july 2005.

 

1 year and about five months on the original one. Im on the second battery. 06 TL w/ Navi. Original owner.

 

Bought Car in 06/2006 - In chicagoland - Still on Original battery.

 

yeah mine lasted about 2 years but under warranty so im on my second going on 2 years and so far so good.

 

I purchased my car in Sept 2006 and I replaced the original battery in Jan 2009.

 

I've gotten roughly 3 years out of my 2k and then 04 batteries. I hope I can get the same out of my 08's. I consider myself fortunate with the brutality of the hot FL sun.

 

environment makes a huge diff in battery life so it would be hard to say..... lots of factors go into battery life depending on where u live.

 

When I worked at the dealer, it seemed to be that the TL's with the delphi electronics batteries failed all the time. If you have that battery in your car, replace it as it will fail soon if it hasnt yet.

 

nice one dave!

 

my 06 with 31k miles has lasted me 3 years. Spent the first year and a half in Phoenix, AZ and the other year and a half in bay area cali. Seems to be going strong but I havent tested it or anything. I even had it die on me two times from leaving the map light on over night

 

2.5 years for the original, 4 months for the second, three months so far on the third. All replaced under warranty on an 06 TL 6MT. Charging system was thoroughly checked after the second one crapped out so quickly.

 

11/06 - still on OEM batt. Turns the same as day one.

 

my 07 tl-s battery died first day bellow 32 degrees

 

I have an 05 TL and i replaced the battery for the first time a few months ago.

 

my 06 has an interstate battery in it and i bought the car used so i imagine that the stock battery dosent last very long

i want to get an optima battery soon i hear they last a very long time

 

TL's are known (or so I've heard) of eating through the stock battery quickly. I left my car sitting for 10 days while on vacation, and it was dead when I came back so I had to recharge it, and this is in an '07 TLS. I'll have to check my consumer reports, they had battery ratings not long ago.

 

04 TL picked up 1/31/04 now with 41K on the odometer and still the original battery There are lots of contributing factors and the environment (extreme temps - high or low) is certainly one of the biggest. Before my TL, I had a 94 Accord and got 8.5 years out of the OEM battery.