2nd time stranded in 5 months!

[PaulLR3]

These vehicles eat batteries almost as fast as tires and brakes. I noticed recently that twice my clock changed to military time by itself. And if listening to the radio with the engine off, it would shut off the radio in under a minute to save power. I had the dealer check the battery and sure enough, it was very weak but not dead yet. If dead it would have been covered under warranty. So I paid for a new one anyway with winter coming up.

 

[Surfrider77]

These vehicles eat batteries almost as fast as tires and brakes. I noticed recently that twice my clock changed to military time by itself. And if listening to the radio with the engine off, it would shut off the radio in under a minute to save power. I had the dealer check the battery and sure enough, it was very weak but not dead yet. If dead it would have been covered under warranty. So I paid for a new one anyway with winter coming up.

Strangely, my dealership swapped my battery out under warranty during a routine maintenance visit. I had no indications it was having issues, but they said it didn't pass their tests and replaced it for free.

 

[PaulLR3]

I'm jealous, they said mine was close to failing but not quite enough for a free one. That's OK, last year they replaced the hoses that go to the headlight sprayers under warranty even though they were pretty sure the failure was from a mouse chewing on the hoses.

 

[mbw]

I have to keep my dual batt setup plugged in to my ctek 7002 to keep them anywhere near charged up. I have done that since the batts where both new in an effort to keep them healthy. Kinda sucks that it seems to have quite a bit of drain from sitting or normal operation. I have the plug mounted in my grill so I can easily plug in. Good practice for my future Tesla I guess.

 

[catman]

These vehicles eat batteries almost as fast as tires and brakes. I noticed recently that twice my clock changed to military time by itself.

Hmm, my wife's RR clock changes back to military time by itself a lot, but I never thought to consider it could be battery related. Every now and then her driver seat will stop working (memory recall buttons fail and it only moves a fraction with each press to slide it forward or back) , but then it starts working again. I'll have to check the battery, especially with winter coming...

 

[colorover]

^ Same here, have had the clock change to military time recently quite a lot. Our LR4 has only 20k miles and is just getting to two years old. Even for LRx cars that is early to need a new battery.

 

[Surfrider77]

^ Same here, have had the clock change to military time recently quite a lot. Our LR4 has only 20k miles and is just getting to two years old. Even for LRx cars that is early to need a new battery.

Sounds about right. My LR battery swap was around the 2 year mark.

 

[colorover]

^ Thanks. I was getting around 3+ years per battery on our LR3 over the last 10 years. Plenty of temperature variance, car parked outside, and ~12k miles per year. Two seems really low, even for these cars.