[27E_20]

Just curious how long everyone's factory battery lasted, or is lasting. I have an '06, and mine died today. Strange- it ran fine all last week- even this morning and after work this afternoon. Stopped to get gas on the way home, filled up, went to crank the engine- nothing, not even a click.

Alternator tested ok, but the battery crapped out under load- had plenty of water in it too. This spontaneous death of a battery happen to anyone?

 

[Irongrave]

they thend to die 3-4years old so your right at the window for it to die on you

 

[nismo5]

when i bought my 08 my battery died after 3 weeks:wtf: im guessing cause it sat on the lot to long

but they gave me a new one

 

[frumper64]

The last three batteries I have had die all were the same symtoms as yours - everything is fine and then nothing. (Two were in my previous Frontiers, one in my wife's car).

 

[Volcano_God]

Mine lasted just shy of 4 years and only 29K miles. Not too bad I guess. The more electrical crap you have installed the more likely you will have problems.

Head to your favorite auto-parts store and purchase a 72 month battery or better and install it in the parking lot with their tools and go home happier.

Avoid the stealership at ALL cost and do your own work as they will bend you over your tailgate and have their way with you and grin.

 

[Mylt1]

mine was one of the last 05's to roll off the line and its still going.

 

[something else]

At my 45k service they said the battery was about through, this was in February. So it lasted a bit over five years - but I replaced it before failure.

FYI the new Nissan batteries at the dealer have a 84 month warranty.

 

[W4RFIGHT3R]

My factory battery went out last year while I was on vacation in Las Vegas. It lasted about 2 1/2 years and died. I am glad I was on Nellis AFB. The manager helped me to the front of the line in a battery replacement since I was from out of town.

 

[tholmes]

I think Nissan had a batch of batteries where the cells had bad connections. Mine did the same thing, enought to turn on lights, roll windows, but not even remotely turn the starter. If a connection between cells goes bad, I believe this will cause a catastrophic failure of the battery at random, like one good jolt during previous drive breaks a link, next time you go to start, nothing.

Same thing happened on my Titan and my sister's pathfinder. Replaced under warranty then, it was OOW on the frontier.

 

[nism-Owner]

My battery died a couple times if I ran the radio without the truck running for longer than 15 minutes, popped the caps and it was almost completely dry! that was just after I bought it a year ago Jan, I filled it with water and it ran great until about 3 weeks ago when I purchased a new one just because

 

[Devius1]

Mine has lost some Ummph.. after 25 months..

..FYI the new Nissan batteries at the dealer have a 84 month warranty.

^How do they prorate it? (ie. $160 for a replacement "Nissan" battery after 25 months?)

 

[Avplayer]

guess i should be replacin the battrey in my 06 soon

 

[gti16vman]

My '06 had the battery go out this last December. Mine went pretty quickly, but I was able to start it once or twice after I knew it was starting to go. Enough to get me to Costco for a 100 month warranty battery.

 

[q-ball]

mine died last fall around september. replace with an optima

 

[Deltaphi216]

mine made it 4 years and a week.

 

[cvc14]

Year and a half for mine and went from working to dead like that. Same thing with my wifes Pilot a week apart from mine. Factorys must be using crappy batterys in car these days.

 

[BABYBUSA01]

mine bit the bullet right around the 4yr. mark.

 

[devious1]

Mine went at about 2 1/2 years. The battery was never stressed in anyway. Lights were never left on. All fine and then wouldn't start one day.

 

[27E_20]

I think Nissan had a batch of batteries where the cells had bad connections. Mine did the same thing, enought to turn on lights, roll windows, but not even remotely turn the starter. If a connection between cells goes bad, I believe this will cause a catastrophic failure of the battery at random, like one good jolt during previous drive breaks a link, next time you go to start, nothing.

Thats exactly what happened. Interior lights, CD player, and HVAC controls worked fine, but turning on the headlights, or trying to start the engine made the dash lights go dull and needles flutter. I kept hearing a clicking sound from the IPDM, and thought it was going to be something expensive.

The thing is, I HAD to drive through about 4.5 ft of flood waters last week to escape our neighborhood, so that got me thinking it was the computer or IPDM, alternator, - something other than the battery. Everything else checked out ok, but I still felt like a dumbass. I never had a battery do that to me before.

 

[4x4NISMOguy]

I still have the original battery in mine. My truck was one of the first 05's off the line and I have almost 50K miles on it. Looks like I've been lucky.