Hyundai: Hyundai Factory Battery Life

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:52:42 -0700, "Rick" <net>
wrote:
 

Mine spontaneously died after a little over a year.

Rick wrote:
 
It appears that they're only good for a year or two on average. It will
depend on the climate, how you drive, whether you ever run the battery
down and how well you maintain the battery.

Running the batter flat and failure to check and correct fluid levels
are the two biggest killers of batteries. Since newer Hyundai models
have lights that turn off with the key, the former should not be much of
a problem. Check you fluid levels every few months and top off where
necessary with DISTILLED or DEIONIZED water ONLY. The minerals in tap
water will kill a battery.

"Rick" <net> wrote in message news:<supernews.com>... 

I have a 2002 Sonata and the battery lasted less than 2 years.

Daryl

I only got 1.5 years from my original battery in my Santa Fe.
OEM batteries usually suck.


"Rick" <net> wrote in message
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Which leads to my question, will Hyuhdai replace the OEM battery with
a higher quality name brand one? Or do they just stick another crappy
one in?

J.W.








On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:17:34 GMT, "K. Collier"
<net> wrote:
 

If you check back about a month, there are posts regarding my battery
issues - both the OEM AND replacement battery lasted about a year - and the
replacement only 19 days(?) over its one year warranty. My service writer
said and Hyundaitech confirmed that Hyundai has since moved over to
Interstate as their OEM battery supplier. Hoefully this will be an
improvement. I'll let you know next May when the battery is due to fail...
-B

"Jon W." <com> wrote in message
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I bought my 2000 Sontata in Sept 2000. Battery died in Oct 2001. That battery
died this past week. Batteries don't last long in hot Texas weather.

Steve

Rick wrote: 

My 2000 Elantra battery lasted 3.5 years.