Here is something new. I just went up from work to the store and noticed the automatic locks aren't locking (but they are unlocking and the keyless remote works).

arrrggggghhhh!

 

I'm going to give this a quick bump before I go home from work. Oh wait, I just did

Don't flush the post if you've got some insight I'd like to hear it.

 

I've had my red top for about 5 or 6 years now. The only time I ever noticed anything other than great performance was Thanksgiving weekend. I was up in the mountains and on a particularly cold morning it turned over slower than usual. But, the truck started right up. So, . . .

 

Update - I took the battery over to Advance Auto and had it tested. You guessed it - a bad battery. Now I've got to return it to 1st-optima-batteries.com.

I'll let everyone know how the process goes. Anyone have experience with them on a return?

 

Ditto...Purchased mine from a local retailer...dead as can be. Optima covers this in their tech section. Upon return I took my multi-meter to check all the Optimas on the shelf, found three others that were also dead. Found a good one and haven't had any issues since.

 

??? Did you find something more than the statement on their maint page?

http://www.optimabatteries.com/publi...d_storage.html

 

Called 1st-optima-batteries.com and they are sending a UPS return label and a new battery. Nice to have people do the right thing.

Just thought everyone should know.

 

My first Optima lasted about a month. I bought it at batteries plus ($119) so getting a new one was no prob. So far so good with the second one.

 

My Yellow Top is havin a REALLY hard time starting my rig in the mornings...it's gonna be a low of 4 degrees tonight so tomorrow morning will be the true test.

Fink

 

hell if it was that cold here i'd take the battery out and bring it inside the house over night. in the morning install her and crank it up

 

I had the same problem withmine that I purchased from Advanced auto parts. Still running the stock battery for now I thought maybe something was wrong with my Electrical system.

Aaron

 

My advice is to buy a regular 60 month battery. A well secured, properly sized battery will last a long time compared to some of the hack installs I've seen on optima batteries. Those "spacers" and wedges of wood used to make these things fit properly are a joke. Then there are those "universal" ones with terminals in the middle of the battery that cause you to stretch your connections. If you have a winch then you should be running it off a separate battery, not your starting battery.