Battery replacement

[Chiefapple]

Any reason to go with anything besides the Motorcraft AGM battery? I had an Odyssey battery in my Gen 1.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

If the dealer can give you a decent price, I would stick with oem unless you are using your Raptor for something more heavy duty. That's the way I think anyway.

 

[Chiefapple]

If the dealer can give you a decent price, I would stick with oem unless you are using your Raptor for something more heavy duty. That's the way I think anyway.

Sounded like 207 for the OEM. That is why I thought I would at least ask for opinions, because at that point I'm 2/3 the way to some of the aftermarket stuff.

 

[Nex]

Too bad Optima is junk now.

 

[RaptorFun]

If not OEM…what about Odyssey? Seems like fellow FRF members have had good experiences with that battery. What is the model/part number that works in a Gen 2?

 

[Chiefapple]

So the OEM charged up to 12.6v on the ride to work. Discharged to 12.1v in 3 hours. Charged up to 12.3 on the 20 minute ride to the dealership. They “tested it” said it was good. Lol. What?

Bought a new battery. My battery had discharged to 11.9v by time I left.


What had me looking at the battery was my passive entry had stopped working in the morning. Then the blind spot monitor shut it self off.

I would understand lower voltages if I was making short trips all day. It gets a solid 45-60 drive twice a day though.

 

[wkasak_17Raptor]

I just replaced my battery with an OEM Motorcraft, got it from RockAuto, best price I found online. Only issue was the battery they sent me was manufactured in 10/2021 which I thought was a little old for a "new" purchase. Also, found out they do not have customer support you can contact, only options are to return. Not too happy with that but battery arrived undamaged for a good price so moving on...

 

[K223]

My factory battery just recently went bad after 2+ years on it. Voltage went to 4.2v or so and charged it back up and was able to get around for a couple of days. Was replaced under warranty. Motorcraft AGM.

But even after I had it charged up and driving around. When backing up the audible sounded like it was dying and I would have some strange things happening on the dashboard cluster. So it doesn’t take much but low voltage to drive the truck crazy. These modules are sensitive and they know when a batteries bad.

 

[mprice1234]

When my OEM was on its last leg after 5 years I went with the Odyssey and have solid performance with it this last five years. I would say if cheaper price were the deciding factor, you really can't go wrong with either.

 

[sixshooter_45]

Odyssey or Northstar battery.