Battery keeps dieing

[glamisbound]

So out of nowhere last week my truck is having battery/charging issues. The truck sat for a week and when i went to start it noticed it was a little sluggish turning over. Diddnt think about it but got it home and ran the stereo without it bein on. Well that killed the battery completely in about 10 mins. Got it jumped and ran it for a while, drove it, stopped. Next morning, truck was sluggish starting again. Charged the battery till it was full. 24 hours later truck is completly dead. Im at a loss as this came from out of nowhere, havent done any electrical mods/add ons at all since i bought it. Truck is a 2011 with 33000. Anybody got an idea whats going on?

 

[Hockster]

Batteries can just go bad in a snap of a finger. I had 1 go bad from the time i parked to go into a store and come out 30 minutes later. Need to get it load tested.

 

[Red]

Dead battery. Buy a new one. Sometimes they last and sometimes they die within a couple of years

 

[NickPic83]

Ford batteries suck. Go get a die hard platinum or whatever brand u choose. Most places like auto zone will test your alternator and battery for free.

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[glamisbound]

Jeeze I guess thats just really surprising to me. Never seen a battery go bad that quick. But just got back from pepboys, tested the battery and it was done. $215 later my truck has a red top optima. SMH

 

[rsike]

Put a optima in my sons car, it failed in about 6 weeks.


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[glamisbound]

Put a optima in my sons car, it failed in about 6 weeks.


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Good thing they have a 3 year warranty!

 

[rsike]

Yes they replaced it for free. His car had an electrical problem so the batt was dying every other day. I got him the optima charger to keep it charged until I was home on R&R to trouble shoot his car. They had the Optima batt charging with the optima charger and the thing started cooking and leaking. They smelled it in the house went out to check and it was venting fumes and leaking acid. Good thing it happened in the day and not while they slept.

 

[glamisbound]

Yes they replaced it for free. His car had an electrical problem so the batt was dying every other day. I got him the optima charger to keep it charged until I was home on R&R to trouble shoot his car. They had the Optima batt charging with the optima charger and the thing started cooking and leaking. They smelled it in the house went out to check and it was venting fumes and leaking acid. Good thing it happened in the day and not while they slept.

Very good thing! Could have gotten bad real quick