Having more and more back luck with lead acid batteries?

[SupremePossum]

Is it just me, or are lead acid batteries really going down hill?

I used to get 5-6 years out of a battery, now I'm lucky to get 3. Even SLA batteries in UPS's are getting trash, used to get at least 4-5 years, now I just got 1 year out of a set of 8!

 

[Chris142]

The current crop of batteries are junk

 

[totegoat]

OE battery in my Jeep lasted 6 years.

 

[Warstud]

Is it just me, or are lead acid batteries really going down hill?

Has your driving routine changed over the years ?

 

[joekingcorvette]

I have been changing over to AGM batteries.

 

[SupremePossum]

Has your driving routine changed over the years ?

They have not, and UPS's of course just sit there all the time

Even Interstate AGM's from Costco have only been lasting 3 years!

 

[M1Accord]

My Duralast Gold 151R, which is a tad bigger than small riding mower battery, lasted 7 years and still starts up just fine. I just replaced it yesterday with a 51R but keeps the old 151R and put it on solar trickle charge for the next week or so. I’ll rig up some battery box to carry it in the car while learning how to run dual battery.

As it is in the trunk of the Fir, I can technically jump another car from the trunk to avoid having to connect it to my main battery and car electronics.

 

[zzyzzx]

I personally haven't noticed any issues lately. Having written that, my current vintage early 2018 battery is now 6 years old and there might issues with stuff made during a recent time period that we don't talk about here.

 

[BLND1]

They seem to be lasting the usual 3-5 years for me.

 

[ripcord]

Possibly partially due to more recycled content in batteries these days? No idea, just a guess.

 

[Chris142]

I personally haven't noticed any issues lately. Having written that, my current vintage early 2018 battery is now 6 years old and there might issues with stuff made during a recent time period that we don't talk about here.

You will if you buy a battery today

 

[dubber09]

Dunno about US but Costco Canada gives 4 years free replacement warranty on regular batteries with 84 months total warranty, prorated after 4 years.

 

[ripcord]

Dunno about US but Costco Canada gives 4 years free replacement warranty on regular batteries with 84 months total warranty, prorated after 4 years.

That has changed here in the states. Now it's a 3 year pro-rated warranty.

 

[dubber09]

Actually 100 mos prorated:

https://tires.costco.ca/Batteries/Product?ItemNo=1114556&batteryname=Group-H5-Automotive-Battery&BatteryType=Automotive&lang=en-ca

I doubt the batteries are very different, prolly come from same production line, dunno why such a difference in warranty.