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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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battery leaking

The battery on the passenger side is leaking in the front. Has anyone else had this problem?
 
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by f250meangreen
The battery on the passenger side is leaking in the front. Has anyone else had this problem?
Nope but so long as you are still in warranty they will swap it out for ya..

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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Make sure to wash down wherever the leakage occurred with something like baking soda and water. Make sure the dealer sees where the leakage went so if there is a future problem caused by the battery acid, it will be fixed.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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me too

Just looked to check oil, battery leaking on passenger side 17,000 on truck
 
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Old Oct 29, 2004 | 10:04 PM
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That is your "primary" battery. If it gets replaced, I would make sure they replace both batteries.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 08:30 PM
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They replaced just the one battery. They said they checked the other one and did not find a leak. I will checked after some time and see how both of them are doing. I cannot believe the battery was bad only after 7400 miles.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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I noticed mine leaking at 10,000.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 10:23 AM
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Did you see if there was any thing rubbin on it???....or is it leakin from the top???. Tim
 
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My primary battery was leaking in the same place. Ford replaced both batteries about a month ago under warranty.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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This one bugs me...is it rubbing???

ug..what a mess
 
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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No rubbing. Mine was leaking where the top cover meets the side housing of the battery. It is hard to explain but if you look at the sides of the battery you will see a line towards the top that goes around the battery and that is where it was leaking.
 
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Must be a manufacturing defect...I best have a look at mine....thanks for the heads up. Tim
 
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