Original battery life?

[Kellc1]

2007 Limited, 41K miles. Appears I am going to be purchasing a battery soon. Seems a bit premature to me. What have others been seeing for battery life?
KC

[TrailDust]

That's not unusual for batteries installed from the factory, kind of the same way OEM tires are usually crap and give you poor wear. My Highlander's batter failed after only 18 months, and when I checked the manufacturing date on the battery (which I should have done sooner) I found the battery was made two years before that. Still, three and a half years was poor longevity and it should have lasted another reliable two years.

[inov8]

'05 Avalon, in service July 2005. Battery failed November 2009 at 45K miles. 3-5 New England Winters is the range for all of the batteries I have owned over the past 50 years.

[CAPTMARK]

Purchased 2 Toyota '06's in October '05 Avi & 4 runner 0 Problems with original batteries still in them and strong...

Near Zero temps here in the upper midwest

[mbrem]

05 Avalon Limited sits outside in zero weather in Michigan with original battery going strong.

[coontai]

mne cracked at the top where the hold down bolt is. changed it two weeks ago just to be safe (06).

[Tom in Tacoma]

Approaching 70k miles on with the original battery.

[messerchmidt]

mine was leaking acid around 90k km, swapped it for an optima red top (dry cell), and never looked back

[tonystewart]

06 Limited purchased 5/19/2006

6/26/2009 60,858 miles replaced with Napa 8424F

I replaced it because I didn't want to be surprised one day. Old battery is still cranking an old diesel small farm tractor.

[TrailDust]

They put crappy Panasonic batteries in my Highlander and Avalon, and both failed in less than two years. You'd think they'd cut you some slack and provide a decent battery, but I guess that's expecting too much from the corporate bean counters.

[Mike Murrell]

Wife has '06 Avalon - battery going on 4 yrs.

My '04 baseline Tacoma - 4 cyl battery is now over 6 yrs. old.

I thinks it's about simplicity. The more gadgetry you have, the shorter the life of the battery

[jag_man653]

'06 Avalon XLS with NAV. Original battery doing just fine. 30700 miles.

[boosted-fc3s]

07 w/ nav and a ton of aftermarket goodies, 55k, doing fine. Been 0 degrees and well below freezing for several weeks here. Just finally above freezing this past week.

[Riick]

Anyone who typically runs thru batteries should be buying new battery at CostCo.
7 year warranty, and effectively, if it goes out in the 1st 4-5 years, its an even swap.

I kept the battery in my old Celica going for 7 years from day car was new
by pulling it out each Fall, cleaning up everything, and then trickle charging it for a day ot two.

Batteries need some care to get longest life & good service out of them

[csaxon]

If you don't drive it much the battery will have an early death unless you put a trickle charger on it while it sits for days or weeks. Mine lasted 7 years and I only replaced it because of sulfating around the terminals. My neighbors 06 avy sat for only 5 weeks and wouldn't crank the car. I lent him my charger to start it up and the same battery is working fine now. He uses a trickle charger now, since he doesn't drive it much.