piper109
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2003
- Location
- Ashe Co NC
Last Friday the battery in my 2012 JSW died. Temps went down to -7 F which is pretty rare where we live (NC). Earlier in the week the car had started instantly in temps in the low teens. Friday however, when I got in the car, no lights came on, nothing when the key was inserted, no sound, no lights, no time on the radio. NADA. I checked the battery voltage, It showed about 4 volts.
I put the charger on it and checked again about an hour later. The Schumacher 10a charger kept kicking off and the voltage stayed around 4 volts. I decided the battery was dead from some fault or other and could not handle the -7 F degree temps. Car is manual with ~46k miles, just under 3 years old. Went to NAPA Saturday and bought a 7548 Legend group 48 and installed it. Car has been fine eversince but temps came up to high 40's Sunday.
I was a bit surprised that the OEM battery (Enertec made in Mexico) would be so absolutely dead, less than 3 years old. Is this a common problem with JSWs built in Mexico ??
I put the charger on it and checked again about an hour later. The Schumacher 10a charger kept kicking off and the voltage stayed around 4 volts. I decided the battery was dead from some fault or other and could not handle the -7 F degree temps. Car is manual with ~46k miles, just under 3 years old. Went to NAPA Saturday and bought a 7548 Legend group 48 and installed it. Car has been fine eversince but temps came up to high 40's Sunday.
I was a bit surprised that the OEM battery (Enertec made in Mexico) would be so absolutely dead, less than 3 years old. Is this a common problem with JSWs built in Mexico ??
