I still have the original battery in my 2004 Corolla with 29,000 miles. Should I get a new one? The dealer told me they usually only last 3 years and to get one of theirs.
I have a 2005 Corolla, I replaced my battery last Spring. I got mine from Costco with three (3) years replacement warranty. And it just cost about
$60.00. Good Luck.
I have a 2005 (manufactured Jan '05) and just replaced the original battery a month or so ago. No signs of old age, but I didn't want to take any chances.
Any good battery will give you 5+ years of service, but the general rule is that they can fail at any time past 3 years. Failure tends to be sudden. The car will start one time and not the next.
I don't have any experience with this car, but most newer cars you can't jump them and drive to the store to get a new battery. My guess would be the ECU detecting the bad battery and not letting the car run to prevent alternator damage.
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1982 Corolla Wagon, 1989 Corolla DX, 1991 Previa LE, 1993 Previa LE,
1993 Pickup, 1994 Corolla DX, 1995 Avalon XL, 1996 Camry XLE, 1998 Avalon XL,
1998 Sienna CE, 1999 Camry XL, 2000 Camry XLE, 2002 Tundra, 2003 Tundra,
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Funny how they want you to buy their marked up product. Sounds like a lot of short trips with that low mileage and year. General rule is beyond 6 years you could be on borrowed time. If you are concenred, take it to autozone or advanced auto, they test them for free. Autozone Duralast are great batteries.
I did the interstate battery thing and hated that battery. It sweated and weeped fluid down the sides and over the tray to corrode the base of the battery support. I had to repaint the battery support after cleaning up the corrosion and loose paint. What a mess. This happened to both vehicles tundra and corrola. I swapped out both these batteries for red top optima batteries. They are sealed so they wont leak even if I turn the vehicles over. Careful on your battery choice.
i like the autocraft batteries at advance auto, but duralast is great too. i got a evermaxx battery for my mother's 2005 corolla at walmart and it works great.
Our '05 w/ 85000 + miles still has the original battery, and I don't worry much about it yet. Hell, I had a '91 Tercel where the factory battery (Panasonic, iirc) lasted 10 years/120,000+ miles. Have never had a problem with battery life - perhaps some of y'all are running very high powered stereos taxing your charging system??? And to whoever it was that mentioned not being able to jump start newer cars and driving them to auto parts store to get a new battery for whatever bizarre imagined reason...
And to whoever it was that mentioned not being able to jump start newer cars and driving them to auto parts store to get a new battery for whatever bizarre imagined reason...
Talk to anyone with any newer VW (first redesign after 1997) or Honda (2003+). The current generation of the Hyundai Elantra's and last generation of Sonata's are the same way. I would be shocked if those were the only ones like this too.
They will NOT jump with a failed battery. They will jump with a dead battery, but if it has outright failed and will not hold any charge, the car will not Jump.
These are all from people who own the aforementioned vehicles, and they were all told the same thing by the tow driver that came to get the vehicle, and whatever dealer/shop replaced the battery. It's a fail-safe designed to prevent damage to the electrical system, especially the alternator.
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Toyotas in the family/next of kin:
1982 Corolla Wagon, 1989 Corolla DX, 1991 Previa LE, 1993 Previa LE,
1993 Pickup, 1994 Corolla DX, 1995 Avalon XL, 1996 Camry XLE, 1998 Avalon XL,
1998 Sienna CE, 1999 Camry XL, 2000 Camry XLE, 2002 Tundra, 2003 Tundra,
2003 ES 300, 2004 Camry XLE, 2005 Tacoma
Last edited by gideon1331; 08-26-2010 at 03:34 PM.
Talk to anyone with any newer VW (first redesign after 1997) or Honda (2003+). The current generation of the Hyundai Elantra's and last generation of Sonata's are the same way. I would be shocked if those were the only ones like this too.
They will NOT jump with a failed battery. They will jump with a dead battery, but if it has outright failed and will not hold any charge, the car will not Jump.
These are all from people who own the aforementioned vehicles, and they were all told the same thing by the tow driver that came to get the vehicle, and whatever dealer/shop replaced the battery. It's a fail-safe designed to prevent damage to the electrical system, especially the alternator.
I don't believe this. If you just take the failed battery out of the circuit, the car can't tell that it is being started from another car's battery.
My factory battery lasted only about 4 years, then it died in one day. Still I was able to jump the car in the morning, and drive it to Autozone.
Of course if you take the failed battery out of the circuit the car will start normally. However, with a battery that will hold no charge, an alternator can very quickly burn out. The vehicle is also open to power dips and surges from the alternator because the battery is not able to function as a buffer. This can cause severe damage to the complex computer systems in newer cars.
Remember, the vehicle draws its power from the battery, and the alternator functions to keep the battery as close to fully charged as possible, it does not directly power the car and is not capable of doing so without risking large dips/surges in power as demand fluctuates.
This is why a newer car, with a completely dead battery (one that holds no charge whatsoever) will not start, even with jumper cables attached to another vehicle.
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Toyotas in the family/next of kin:
1982 Corolla Wagon, 1989 Corolla DX, 1991 Previa LE, 1993 Previa LE,
1993 Pickup, 1994 Corolla DX, 1995 Avalon XL, 1996 Camry XLE, 1998 Avalon XL,
1998 Sienna CE, 1999 Camry XL, 2000 Camry XLE, 2002 Tundra, 2003 Tundra,
2003 ES 300, 2004 Camry XLE, 2005 Tacoma
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