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Old 09-08-2005, 08:38 AM
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Well today my truck will not start, never had one problem before but today-nothing. It will not turn over, not even enough juice to lock the doors, so...

How long did your stock battery last?

Z-28 4 years
Yukon 2 Years
Silverado 3 years
Old 09-08-2005, 08:49 AM
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First F body - still worked at 3 years when I got rid of it.
New F body - 3 years
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mine last a little bit more then 6 yrs
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So far so good on the origanal battery,5 years.
But my car is not a daily driver.
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Im goin to regret this but still on factory bat (damn knock on wood)... 102k miles... been a dialy driver all its life. its a 98 btw
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my 02 is a daily driver, had to replace the battery last month .. so 51k miles, 3.5 years .. and all of that was in Maryland ..
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As long as it doesnt get run completly dead you should be fine as long as ur altenator is working correctly.
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mine died at about 32k
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check the positive terminal. Most pre 02 (dont know about other years) had a faulty battery where the positive terminal would come loose. I was stranded with it once... switched to a optima and never looked back.

on the t/a 70k miles 4 years old.... it was leaking, and started expanding balloon like...
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6 years to the month.
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3 years couple of months. then died




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