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Originally Posted by ZX-10R
Lead acid is more "forgiving" (li-ion is not) but no battery should discharge <~20% for an extended period. Just because it starts fine doesn't really prove anything, it's the service life, which should be at least 5-6 years. Quite a few members on here reporting 2-3 years which tells the real story
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How many miles did they have before the battery died? I have 23k miles in the 2 years and 5 months of ownership. I don't think I've ever seen a thread about the 6th gen "eating" batteries but I guess I need to do some research then if that's true.
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Originally Posted by DaveC113
After reading this thread and doing some research it seems like a good idea to use a charger like the CTEK MXS 5.0 periodically or even every time it's parked. I'm going to do that and see if I can prolong my current battery's life. It was about $90. It seems the car's demands shorten the life of the battery, 2-3 years is not optimal. I think a properly maintained battery should see more than double that and nearly 10 years for a Optima type AGM.
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My 2012 BMW 135i battery life was supposedly 10 years on a AGM battery. I think I got 5 out of it. I'm glad GM doesn't do like BMW and make it so you have to pay for the battery plus $150 for the battery to be "programmed" to the car for longer, better battery life BS.