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Old 01-23-2014, 09:07 PM
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Battery

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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5 View Post
as a matter of fact, there was a thread somewhere here about the OE battery from the factory being of one manufacturer and OE battery from parts department at a local dealer (in US) from a different manufacturer... and the one from the parts not lasting even half time of the one from the factory... something to that effect - thus, no need to get one from a dealer in hopes to pull another 8 years... or, something like that...
Dealer indicated to me it's one of 2 possible batteries based on my VIN. I need to take a look at my battery.
I was thinking about one of the compatible BOSCH ones at pep-boys also for around $140.
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