Already needed a new battery?

2022 with 12k miles. Battery fully died yesterday and had to use my noco boost whenever I started it. Was leaking acid a lil too. Did toyota just give me a shitty battery or what?

Shout out to my uncle for giving me a mostly free interstate battery

 

Toyota replaced my battery free at 33 months in to my warranty. My replacement battery is 5.5 years old so I believe Toyota batteries are hit or miss on what you get.

 

Ya I was maybe gonna gonna try and do warranty but I've never really had a good experience with their service center near me anyway

 

I like Interstate batteries too. Did you have a bad service department experience at Lithia or Kendall?

 

Quite a few posts on TW about OEM batteries leaking and dying early. I ditched mine at 1.5 years and didn't bother with a warranty claim. Just buy your own battery and move on. Make sure the battery tray, hold down, and cable terminals didn't get acid on them.

 

Lithia.

 

Ya we cleaned everything

The spray just showed on top but we still cleaned it all

 

A few years ago, my daughter was attending U of O. While mother and daughter were visiting, I would sometimes check out the Toyota dealers down there, so I was just curious.

 

Yep, OEM Toyota batteries made by Johnson Controls are leaky trash.

 

It may be better by appointment but I was going off the "quick" service center that I got with my free maintenance. My techs last time were constantly asking their supervisor for help. It was literally just a tire rotation and oil change

 

Mine made this far( on 7th year) without any issue and leaks.

 

Mine lasted 5 years before the positive terminal started to leak and the battery stopped holding a charge. Swapped it for a 30 pound Optima Red Top and now most of my Taco lean is gone.

 

Honestly feel like my truck is starting faster now than it was with the oem battery when I got it new

 

The battery doesn't care how many miles you have. So many other conditions play into its life

 

Mine was leaking less than a year in. It was starting to sound bad and voltage was a bit low before I’d start it. I ended up replacing it without bothering to see if it could be warrantied. That was at just slightly less than 2 years old and maybe 33K miles.

 

I had to get a new battery under warranty after only11 months. As far as the individuals that do tire rotations and oil changes, they're not actual "techs". They are usually new laborers that have been promoted and are in first level of training. Thus the hit and miss on the quality or lack of in their work. Proper "techs" are those that have on the job training, formal class room training, and formal testing just as other trades. They don't usually do oil changes and tire stuff.

 

My OEM (2018) battery was still working fine (almost 6 years). I just replaced it with a Walmart everstart because I was going on a longer road trip through snowy conditions and didn't wanna risk it. I figured I got the life of the battery. Wallmart guy tested the battery and said it was 1/2 charged.

 

Do a lot of you all keep battery's till their death and jumpstarting to the shop for a new one, or buy new ones every 3 or 4 years which they are rated for?

 

I install a new battery every 3 years (if I keep a vehicle that long). Not worth the hassle of having a battery go dead on the road or on a winter weekend night in a remote area.

 

Mine was going 6 years this August but I killed it by doing the clutch start cancel ‍♂️