Get to try out ToyataCare on new 2015

Went out to my truck....dead battery, but the alarm went off ...not even a year old...sooooooooo, going to call the ToyotaCare 24 hr number in the morning to get my truck jumped(hopefully) , get it to service and resolved....

 

Alarm? Aftermarket? Just installed? Hmmmm.

 

No ....factory alarm...I'm just surprised the battery is giving me problems being a new truck....have to have pizza delivered now instead of going out..

 

MMM Pizza. Batteries do fail. Had it happen to me 13 months after buying a new truck.

 

Sorry to hear about your battery, Dogdad. I wonder if it gave you any warning before it, "jumped the ditch". My first Tacoma was a 2011 Prerunner. Battery seemed to be working as it should one day, and the next morning, dead. I wonder if I should be testing my battery from time to time?

 

Heck. I live in Las Vegas HOT summers for 20 years. Last 6 batteries for the wife and my car gave little warning. No slow starts. Just didn't work in the AM when we started our vehicles. Maybe a click, lights sometimes glowed a bit. Sometimes nothing. 3 years kinda like a clock.

 

Turned out to be a bad battery....replaced warranty..good to go

 

Mine went out around 14 months. It happens

 

Yup. My 2011 just up and died one day after about a year. Zero aftermarket stuff on it...still had to sit at the dealer for 6 hours while they "tested" for what happened and if i had anything hooked up. More like...i was at the very bottom of the list for a 5 minute job.

 

Premature battery failures due to accelerated grid corrosion caused by high underhood temperatures is a very common problem in hot climates. Relocating the battery to the passenger compartment will significantly increase the life of the battery assuming the battery can be periodically fully recharged and vented, if not an AGM type.