Comments on: How to Tell if Your Battery Has Gone (Or is Going) Bad https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 By: Yar Zar https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/#comment-537221 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:05:01 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=15798#comment-537221 very useful notes. Thank You

]]> By: George Scott https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/#comment-522913 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 14:32:39 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=15798#comment-522913 In reply to David.

14.2 is the “magic number”, although that can vary. Also: many cars “do stuff” after you turn the engine off: run the fan, adjust the seats, etc. If a battery is marginal (5 years) it might be discharged by stuff like that, especially in cold weather. Other times, it has enough capacity to start. http://econofix.com/alt.html

]]> By: George Scott https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/#comment-522912 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 14:26:40 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=15798#comment-522912 “:Battery” light has nothing to do with the battery’s condition. When that light comes on, it means the alternator no longer charges. There may be an onboard diagnostic computer that can sense a battery going bad, and in fact a trouble code is set for low voltage, but I’ve never seen a dash light that indicates a bad battery. http://econofix.com/battery.html

]]> By: William A. Carter https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/#comment-518348 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:35:19 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=15798#comment-518348 What causes a new car battery to go dead?

]]> By: David https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tell-battery-gone-going-bad/#comment-26532 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:31:37 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/?p=15798#comment-26532 I recently had an experience involving my battery unable to start my car. It would accept a jump and went another 1K before it happened again. No warning, no engine lights, and the volt meter registered over 13V during driving so the charging system is good. The battery is over 5 years old but always tests with 13+V. I have cleaned the connections. I guess it is time to replace just because of the age.

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