The vendors have batteries setting on a shelf. The age of the battery is ..................... ?? But, if the battery is a year old, as the original poster stated, then it should be still under warranty. mcneely ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I'd say your battery is getting weak. Being a relatively new > battery....that doesn't necessarily mean it is still a good battery. I've > had newish batteries go belly-up for no real reason and had to replace > them. I try to buy batteries that have a decent replacement warrantee, > because I've needed to replace 3 recently and one brand new one was also > very weak, right out of the store. > > Be a skeptic when you have it tested, too. Many auto parts places just > 'spout out' whatever they feel like without really knowing how to test a > battery properly...or they have crummy test equipment and don't use it > correctly. > > Don Hanson > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Annie Anderson <lsandrsn@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi folks. > > > > Having some trouble with cold weather starting problems. Every time the > > weather gets cold, the van will not start. The battery dies and it has to be > > jumped. > > > > Anyone have ideas what might be the cause? I'm getting very irritated with > > this issue. > > > > Thanks. > > > > ~Annie > > Sent from my iPhone -- David McNeely |
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