Battery

[sdsubzero4]

Anyone know what is the life cycle of a stock battery in the 2002 Mustang? I'm thinking 5 to 7 years. I thinking its time to replace mine.

What is a good replacment battery?

 

[HisPony]

The only advice I can give is stay away from Optima batteries.

I know off roaders that have returned their Optima 4 or more times because they crapped out. Just normal usage, no winch or extra lights.

 

[GT400SC]

Go to Brodings Battery Warehouse in La Mesa. When my battery crapped out in the Lightning after 6 faithful years, I replaced it at Brodings with a 1024 cranking amp battery. This place has batteries for just about any battery powered item. Cell phones, cars, hearing aids....everything!

http://www.brodings.com/

 

[sdsubzero4]

Thanks. Any recommendation on a brand?

 

[GT400SC]

No really, I think mine is a no name brand, but for the price, I couldn't complain. I'll look at the label in the morning and see if there's a brand on it.

They're really nice people, family owned and operated. Been in La Mesa since Jesus was a kid.

You can actually buy individual cells there to repair your DeWalt or other brand power tool batteries.

 

[sdsubzero4]

Great, its on Commercial Ave?

 

[GT400SC]

Yup! That's the one!

 

[sdsubzero4]

Alright, going there on my days off next week.

 

[sdsubzero4]

Don't want my battery dying on me and usually at the worse possible time, too. I'm figuring its probably near the end of its life cycle.

 

[GT400SC]

Yeah, mine was hesitating to crank, cranking slow and I began to notice my headlights not a bright all of a sudden. I checked my alternator output and it was fine so I assumed the battery wasn't staying fully charged.

New battery solved everything in my case.

5-8 years is good but in Arizona where I lived for 20 years, we'd get 2-5 if you were lucky. The heat is murder on batteries.

 

[sdsubzero4]

I can imagine, probably fry the battery in that heat.