Batteries for your Lightning
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From: Oklahoma City
I have a '99 Lincoln Town Car with 118K miles and the original battery and my '02 L has 76K miles and the original battery. I won't replace either one until they go bad. If you are paranoid about battery failure, buy one of those car-starter-jumper boxes at Wal-Mart and keep it in your vehicle.
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From: Seabrook,NH
My stock battery was still good at nearly 7 years old. it was replaced only due to a mis diagnosis of a faulty connection to the starter. NAPA batteries are great. Not a fan of Optima, heard of far too many failures.
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From: California
My digital odometer has been acting up. Some times it is really dim or not visible at all. It will usually stay that way until I drive the truck for a while and then restart it.
I still have my stock battery in which only quit on me once for no apparent reason. No electronics were left on but I still needed a jump after the truck sitting for a few hours.
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From: Manhattan, KS (Fort Riley)
Fireguy, Batteries do wear down, I think we all get that but IMO what more could you want from a battery, regardless of who makes it, pulled at 7 years without ever seeing a charger or jump not because it tanked but because I just kept thinking about it, a post about about 8 years, there are others, again nothing is perfect everything fails at some point, but OEM or aftermarket I'll take 7 BS free years, ask around and see how many Optima owners can make the claim that there battery has never been charged and still works perfect after 7 years, my guess is the list is pretty small.
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From: Long Island
This is what mine started doing. So I change my batter in my truck after 8 years. I knew I was going to go to P.A so I didn't want to get stranded. But I threw another motorcraft battery in it.
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From: Seabrook,NH
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You should go down to your local Sears and check out the group 65 DieHard Platinum,off the top of my head it has 930CCA (its over 900 I know that) and is supposedly built as good or better than the Optima's (this is the battery that Sears now offers instead of the Optima).
Price is around $180,but a very good battery.
Price is around $180,but a very good battery.
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From: New Jersey, USA
Now, for you very lucky people out there who get more than 4 years out of a stock battery, hurray for you. Just realize that everyday your battery exists, the lead plates are getting thinner and soon will eventually fail, usually at the most inopportune time, maybe while you are bragging to someone about that extra year you got from your baby.
