Optima Battery Life Survey

[tmcphail]

36k miles here factory battery on the factory tender when not on the road.

 

[TallCarGuy]

I had trouble with the original battery very early on. The replacement battery has been fine as long as I drive the car once every two or three weeks. I generally drive it more than that. I have never used the factory battery tender, but if the car sits more than two weeks I will sometimes throw it on my shop charger for an hour or two.

Richard Hille
The GT School

 

[KMCBOSS]

My car was built on Dec 1 2005 - still has the original battery - still going strong. Ed

 

[MAD IN NC]

Frank voted 6+ yr................. jeeez what a trouble maker....

 

[tmcphail]

Frank voted 6+ yr................. jeeez what a trouble maker....

:lol

 

[Howard]

2006. No trouble (yet). The car is either on the road or on a Ctek maintainer.

Howard

 

[Silverbullitt]

I voted 3 yrs because the car is 3 yrs old. Original battery still going strong. I usually drive it about every 10 days. I have accidentally left my valentine on and it has drained the battery completely twice. I put the supplied charger on overnight and it fires up immediately.

 

[anya]

I use several BatteryMINDer Plus. You can use one on several cars and will actually rehab a "downer" battery. So far so good!

 

[fjpikul]

Hey, I thought this was a secret ballot?

 

[Kayvan]

Hey, I thought this was a secret ballot?

I am letting people hit the 6+ yr button with a donation to my paypal:lol

 

[ViperJoe]

It appears we can only vote if our battery has died. Mine is from '05 & still ticking.

Ed

+1

 

[HeritageBruce]

Mine stopped holding a charge for more than a week after only one year. Even though it is still in my GT after 3+ years, it is always hooked into a Battery Tender Jr. I think I'll try an Odyssey next time as I had good luck with one in my Lotus.

 

[Kayvan]

any recent experience/updates

 

[DWR46]

All my battery problems stopped when I junked the Optima and bought a standard discount store battery. No more gauge problems, no more flat batteries, the car can now go for weeks without draining the battery. It looses less than 1/2 volt in two weeks of sitting. I wrote a thread on this last year when I made the switch detailing the battery group number and any other needed information.

 

[Kayvan]

Any recent experience

 

[TEXAS GT]

'05 and an '06 with original batteries. Always on a Battery Tender. Never a problem.

 

[SYCO GT]

2006 with original battery, no problems, knock on CF...

 

[DanQ]

4 years, replaced with an odyssey.

 

[ViperJoe]

It appears we can only vote if our battery has died. Mine is from '05 & still ticking.

Ed

+1

 

[PL510*Jeff]

'06 Original battery works fine. Never been on a charger.

Kayvan --whew you left me 24 months to use my money. thanks Buddy