Battery Warranty Question
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Laughing Gas
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Battery Warranty Question
My wife's 2012 Flex had the battery replaced under warranty in April of 2015. The replacement battery just quit (17 months old). The Motorcraft battery says "36 Month Free Replacement", but I'm wondering if the warranty is valid on a battery that was originally installed as a replacement.
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Laughing Gas
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I understand, but in this case, I didn't "buy" the battery. It replaced a battery that failed during the warranty period.
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Laughing Gas
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Well, it took a few calls to several dealers before someone knew the answer. The "replacement" battery was covered through the end of the vehicle warranty. Even though it was a "100 month" battery, warranty was only good for about 12 months (balance of the 3/36) and then the battery only lasted 18 months. Haven't had very good luck with Ford batteries.
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Laughing Gas
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Agree. That's why I said "bad luck" rather than Ford batteries "suck".
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My own personal RX-7, the legendary Project OldTree (named after my mom, see it on the RX7club) has put its Deka Intimidator group 48 AGM battery through enough hell to destroy 10 regular consumer grade batteries. It has been run into the ground, then thrown on a cheap Walmart Everstart charger then put back in for more abuse the same day at least 100 times since I bought it in 2011. It's a Phoenix...keeps coming back to life every time. They say nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. I'm VERY talented in that department, but this is one thing I just can't break.
I'd wager it's because East Penn (the manufacturer) is the ONLY company that makes car batteries in the USA now. Mine was $175 and I will be getting one for the Expedition as well.
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Is that the case? I'd heard that some lines by Interstate and Exide were manufactured overseas or in Mexico but they still had manufacturing plants here in America. Wouldn't surprise me, but hadn't thought it had reached that point yet.
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