Has anybody killed a battery yet?

The past week or so, my 2016 has had trouble starting, then finally on Friday all I got was clicks when I turned the key. I hooked it up to the battery tender this after noon until it said it was "charged", hooked the power probe up to it only to be showing 10.5v

Unless i'm an idiot(entirely possible), i've got a dead-dead battery after 30k miles....


Anybody else with bad battery luck?

 

I have read of a few I think, give yota a call they have been good about it from what I have read.

 

Corporate or local dealer? I loath my local service department.

 

I live in Phoenix. I've gotten used to replacing batteries about every two years. Heat murders them.

 

Yeah...but I live in Oregon. I drove my 2006 Scion tC until 2012 with 140k miles and never touched the battery. Maybe just bad luck?

 

I think it's been local service, but you could try corp if you want.

 

Or just replace on your own.

 

I have a strange feeling thats what i'll have to do in the end.

 

You can change it on your own and then mail the receipt in to Toyota and they will send you a check.

 

I change out batteries every 5 years so I don't get left sitting in the Walmart parking lot with a dead battery. Interstate Batteries have never let me down.

 

Thats a good plan, except mine only lasted 18 months, hence the sad face.

 

Next dump question, while I have you all here. Current battery says its a 24F group, everywhere online suggests 27F when you look for 2016 Taco v6. Im assuming a 27F will fit just fine, and I shouldn't worry about it?

 

I thought I was the only one. Selling my 07' TC at the moment, still has the original Japanese Panasonic battery, 10 Years / 130k blows my mind that thing still chooches.

 

It will if you get the bigger battery tray from a 2nd gen with the tow package. Junkyard or $30 online.

 

Mine died when my gauge cluster bit it.

 

Anybody use optima redtop? 34R is the exact same size as my current battery, and i've always heard good things about optima's.

$292 OPTIMA Batteries High Performance 34R RedTop Sealed AGM Car, Truck and SUV Starting Battery, 800 CCA, SAE Terminal, Maintenance Free, Versitile Mounting

https://www.amazon.com/Optima-Batte...TF8&qid=1504580894&sr=1-1&keywords=optima+34r

 

Warranty

 

I'm going to try, but i'm betting they give me a load of crap like, "we can't cover it because you have a light bar, which cause premature failure"....its that kind of service department.

 

Walmart isn't a bad place to be left, they have batteries.

 

Toyotas are notorious for grounding issues with batteries. Try cleaning both terminals.