Battery died today...

[21rangerCactus]

3 years/80,500 miles, day before a hurricane... It died. Lol.

Went to remote start it this morning and nothing happened. I knew what I was in for at that moment. Jumped it and drove it to my Dr appointment and in the office I sent a chat message to AAA. They came to me and replaced the battery, in the rain, for $266 plus 3% for using my card. So $270 otd. Beats going to the parts store and paying $280.


The app never sent me a notification that my battery was bad/low and the battery light on the dash never came on. It never came on after the battery swap. So I'm assuming I don't have to reset the bms.

Overall I'm happy with how long it lasted. With my work I'm turning it on and off multiple times a day. Mix of short and long trips. I am tuned so the stop/start is not active.

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[Peter949]

3 years/80,500 miles, day before a hurricane... It died. Lol.

Went to remote start it this morning and nothing happened. I knew what I was in for at that moment. Jumped it and drove it to my Dr appointment and in the office I sent a chat message to AAA. They came to me and replaced the battery, in the rain, for $266 plus 3% for using my card. So $270 otd. Beats going to the parts store and paying $280.


The app never sent me a notification that my battery was bad/low and the battery light on the dash never came on. It never came on after the battery swap. So I'm assuming I don't have to reset the bms.

Overall I'm happy with how long it lasted. With my work I'm turning it on and off multiple times a day. Mix or short and long trips. I am tuned so the stop/start is not active.

Yup, expected life of these batteries. Not bad.

 

[RedlandRanger]

The app never sent me a notification that my battery was bad/low and the battery light on the dash never came on. It never came on after the battery swap. So I'm assuming I don't have to reset the bms.

My understanding of the reset of the BMS basically tells the BMS that the battery is new (it has a date it was installed) so it alters how the BMS maintains the battery.

Modern vehicles are a lot harder on batteries than they used to be and I learned years ago that it is difficult to know your battery is ready to be replaced without using a tester. In the "old days" the starter would just get slower and slower as the battery got worse - today's starters will keep working - until they don't.

Seems you got decent life out of yours.

 

[Burnt Money]

3 years/80,500 miles, day before a hurricane... It died. Lol.

Went to remote start it this morning and nothing happened. I knew what I was in for at that moment. Jumped it and drove it to my Dr appointment and in the office I sent a chat message to AAA. They came to me and replaced the battery, in the rain, for $266 plus 3% for using my card. So $270 otd. Beats going to the parts store and paying $280.


The app never sent me a notification that my battery was bad/low and the battery light on the dash never came on. It never came on after the battery swap. So I'm assuming I don't have to reset the bms.

Overall I'm happy with how long it lasted. With my work I'm turning it on and off multiple times a day. Mix of short and long trips. I am tuned so the stop/start is not active.

Mine died a couple weeks ago on my birthday when I went to leave work lol. No warning at all. Thankfully I carry a small jump box. Walmart was 188.03 OTD incase anyone else is in our situation in the near future. Hopefully I did the BMS reset correctly.

 

[21rangerCactus]

Mine died a couple weeks ago on my birthday when I went to leave work lol. No warning at all. Thankfully I carry a small jump box. Walmart was 188.03 OTD incase anyone else is in our situation in the near future. Hopefully I did the BMS reset correctly.

Yes Walmart and Sam's were cheaper but I didn't have time to go there. Tomorrow hurricane Francine is expected to land and it's crazy right now. Id be in line all day for something like that.

 

[Toytec]

Headin' to wally world to pick up ordered mine today. 61 months old kept on trickle occasionally. But pushing my luck.

Note to self: 1st and last time using the order pick up app. But got the goods.

 

[shovelhd]

Mine died a couple weeks ago on my birthday when I went to leave work lol. No warning at all. Thankfully I carry a small jump box. Walmart was 188.03 OTD incase anyone else is in our situation in the near future. Hopefully I did the BMS reset correctly.

Do you have the battery number?

 

[Canadian Ranger]

My low battery warning was that my auto start/stop stopped working.

 

[Burnt Money]

Do you have the battery number?

 

[shovelhd]

Thank you!

 

[alcohenusa]

Thank you!

That battery is for the XL/XLT. Looks like you have a Lariat so you want the bigger battery…
EverStart Platinum AGM Automotive Battery, Group Size H7 / LN4 / 94R 12 Volt, 850 CCA 140 RC

 

[RangerBill]

The Lariats take an H7 size battery at 800 CCA.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Another option - a Weize battery - I bought this about a year ago on sale for $126 with free shipping. I installed it about a month ago and so far so good. It is currently on sale for $149

https://www.weizeus.com/collections...otive-battery-140rc-850cca-36-months-warranty

 

[Msfitoy]

3 years/80,500 miles, day before a hurricane... It died. Lol.

Went to remote start it this morning and nothing happened. I knew what I was in for at that moment. Jumped it and drove it to my Dr appointment and in the office I sent a chat message to AAA. They came to me and replaced the battery, in the rain, for $266 plus 3% for using my card. So $270 otd. Beats going to the parts store and paying $280.


The app never sent me a notification that my battery was bad/low and the battery light on the dash never came on. It never came on after the battery swap. So I'm assuming I don't have to reset the bms.

Overall I'm happy with how long it lasted. With my work I'm turning it on and off multiple times a day. Mix of short and long trips. I am tuned so the stop/start is not active.

What? Your tranny out lasted your battery? No way...

 

[shovelhd]

The Lariats take an H7 size battery at 800 CCA.

Thank you!

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