Battery Life.

[Tim Comer]

I keep a trickle charger on my battery as I don't drive the car often. As a person who has had 3 good today, gone tomorrow batteries, how do you tell when you need to replace it? The other 3 vehicles were daily drivers, unlike this one. I don't want to find out 100 miles from home the battery has died.

 

[mikerob]

Before mine went out recently it had hesitation on startup a couple months before it completely went out. And it hesitated worse the closer it got to completely dying.

 

[AOD86GT]

I keep a trickle charger on my battery as I don't drive the car often. As a person who has had 3 good today, gone tomorrow batteries, how do you tell when you need to replace it? The other 3 vehicles were daily drivers, unlike this one. I don't want to find out 100 miles from home the battery has died.

I don't drive my 2012 Mustang GT often too-only on nice days and I still have my stock/original (almost 3 year old) battery. It is hooked up with a Ctek battery charger all year round when not driven. Which trickle charger are you using by the way?

 

[Tim Comer]

It's the Battery Tender Plus that I got at Walmart. I bought it after I had to jump start the car twice because it sat for a few weeks.

 

[robbyrobs]

I have a blue top in my truck that I barley drive and that battery is 8+ years old, I always keep a tender on it.

 

[Lone Star]

I'm still on the factory battery and have 65,000 miles on the car. I only drive it once every couple weeks, and last winter the car sat for 4 months, never had a tender on it and it has always started right up. Hope this helps with the longevity question

 

[clean92lx]

My car sits for a week sometimes and never put a trickle charger on it and it's never given me any problems