Hello,
My 2003 ALH automatic used to have a cheap battery that lasted well beyond its 3-year warranty before having the kind of problems that a Walmart battery now has about half way into a 5-year warranty. Walmart just tested it at 620/750. Yet if I make a 1-mile trip and then try to start with the headlights on, the engine will turn without starting. So I usually pull up the handbrake to start, but even so, running the radio for about an hour also discharges the battery to the point where I'll need a jump start. Yet Walmart told me that their battery is still good (and that I don't need to have my receipt to invoke the warranty as they can trace my purchase via the battery's serial No). Your advice requested & appreciated on what to do next.
Milton
My 2003 ALH automatic used to have a cheap battery that lasted well beyond its 3-year warranty before having the kind of problems that a Walmart battery now has about half way into a 5-year warranty. Walmart just tested it at 620/750. Yet if I make a 1-mile trip and then try to start with the headlights on, the engine will turn without starting. So I usually pull up the handbrake to start, but even so, running the radio for about an hour also discharges the battery to the point where I'll need a jump start. Yet Walmart told me that their battery is still good (and that I don't need to have my receipt to invoke the warranty as they can trace my purchase via the battery's serial No). Your advice requested & appreciated on what to do next.
Milton