Texas BS Thread

any recommendations for a battery shop with a 27F up near Denton? my shit is dead!!!

 

Autozone lol

 

Sorry to hear it died. What year is your truck?

 

was looking for an Odyssey or similar. are Optima Yellows still any good? that's the best Autozone has to offer. i haven't kept up with who's got quality and who doesn't nowadays.

 

2017 V6, i'm planning to get a 2gen tray and put in a 27F. 4WP just called me back and has a 27F Odyssey in stock in Coppell but they need me to get the tray. and of course i'm slammed at work with no vehicle to get the tray.

 

You have a part number?

 

Don’t 3rd gens have a tray to fit a 27f ? And where’s the tray at?

 

Call the dealership? The battery, while not part of the vehicle warranty, should have a free replacement up to either 3 or 5 years prorated to 8 (I think). Being on a 2017, you should have no issue getting it replaced for free.

 

Plus he has roadside assistance, they’ll prob bring it to him. @St.Germain

 

27f fits in the stock location, just doesn't fit the stock plastic bottom pc. I installed a 27f last week and just set it on top of the thin plastic pc that its too big for.

Yup. See above.

It's a 2yr or 36k mile, whichever comes first, battery warranty. I missed it on both, 4 days over 2yrs and also 9k miles over last week.

 

$58 744310C020 TOYOTA Genuine (74431-0C020) Battery Tray

744310C020

 

Oh sorry I meant the battery

 

this is great and i'm so scattered from work right now that i didn't even think of it... been looking to upgrade and didn't think of the warranty. ima call Toyota of Denton and get this comp'd! but i'm still going to go forward on the 27F upgrade. my bigass stereo is killing the battery on startup due to my capacitor. the stocker can't keep up.

 

If your taking it in for warranty unhook all aftermarket items from the battery. They would likely say those items caused the battery to wear out early and won't cover it.

 

You can just cut the end of your 2016 tray and make it fit.

 

stereo? I'm wired up from the bay back and can't hide it. think they'll deny me cus of that?

 

They might, I'm not really sure. It seems like most dealers will find any reason they can to deny a warranty claim. I personally would move it off the battery to give them less reason to try and deny the warranty. Just unhook from the battery and move the cables up by the fire wall, I wouldnt go any farther than that and then you can reconnect it all in a matter of minutes. They likely wouldnt look any farther for a reason but if they see something that pulls extra power from the battery in plain view its something they could use against your claim. I dont know whether they would use it for a denial of warranty or not but from what I've seen(read online) if there is anything they can use to deny a warranty claim they will use it so that they can charge you to make more $$$.

 

Luckily, the law works in your favor, though many people are not aware of this. In order to deny the claim, they are supposed to prove it was your modification that caused the problem. Many people just accept the first answer given, and do not escalate as necessary.

 

Not saying where I took it, but I literally took the branch out and they replaced it under warranty... lol. They get paid either way.

 

Yes this is true. I'm was just providing my thoughts to possibly make this easier to be taken care of rather than turning into more and it taking longer. It would be easy for them to claim that an amp for after market stereo parts is drawing more power from the battery which was the cause of the battery going bad early. How they prove that, I have no clue.