Did any one else have to change the factory battery around 7 years old?

I was wondering if any other Tacoma owners had to change the Original Toyota battery when it was seven years old. I have heard some owners getting ten years out of battery without any problems. I guess it depends where you live and what the climate is also.

 

bought my '14 used in '17.....

replaced the battery in '18..so got 4 yrs from it..yes was OEM Johnson

Short trips....extreme temps will kill a battery

I've learned to keep a trickle style charger on stuff I don't use often

 

If you got 7 years out of your OEM battery, consider yourself lucky! Best I ever got out of mine was 3 years

 

Yup, seems mine last about 3 years as well

 

Yes, 7 years for me.
The battery analysis done at 6 years showed low capacity/ weak.
Sure enough, it was dead a year later.

 

4 years at best, but it's hot where I live

 

mine went 10. but i live in a really mild climate hot or cold.

 

OEM batt lasted 3yrs and 2 months, next batt lasted 4 years and 2 months.... lots of hot weather and lots of cold weather in the mtns skiing

 

This. All the newer cars we've had and friends have had recently only get 3-5yrs on the original battery. 7yrs is great, 10 would be amazing.

 

Same. And I didn't abuse it with a lot of short trips. I may have shortened it's life by running a flood light for an hour or so one night a few years back. I noticed a few weeks later that it had boiled over a little.
I was skunk hunting in the neighbors barn lot and needed some light.

 

I got just about seven, I was pretty impressed so no complaints. Replacement Interstate made it three, not impressed.

 

Yup, mine is a 2010 Tacoma and I replaced the original battery in September 2017 @135k KM. Replaced it with a Napa battery that is still under the hood.

 

I swap it every 5 years regardless. I could probably get a couple more years out of it but I’d rather pay not to run the risk of getting stranded somewhere.

 

changed mine this week at 5 years 2 months.

 

If I get 6months I am happy .

I budget $100.00 month for batteries.

 

It’s a used car. Buy a battery.

 

Changed mine at 12 years

 

5.5 years

 

5.5 years from my OEM Tacoma battery. Just replaced it two weeks ago with an Autozone Gold 27F.

As an aside, I did get 10 years out of my OEM BMW AGM motorcycle battery which I replaced this year. Kept it on a trickle charger. It was still doing fine but because of CANBUS you can't push start this beast and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere.

 

I got just shy of 7 in my '13 Taco but I knew I was pushing it last winter because some really cold mornings, like 0 degrees F, I'd get the wuh...wuh...wuh... slow starter spin and then the engine would catch. Replaced it with an Interstate, which I've always had good luck with in my other vehicles.