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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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I've seen some posts on this already when I was thinking about buying a v8 impy ss to replace my 04 ss. Well, bought an 08' LT with the 3.9 v6 for the wife instead. I got the hawk. Dead battery this morning, only has 6000 miles. She went to start it, nothing. We couldn't get the key out either. Not aware of that problem before. Hooked it up to the winter beater for a jump, couple minutes later, good to go. I hooked up a volt meter prior tho the jump, showed only 4.5 volts. I'll head over to the dealer later to bitch. She's off to work in a huff, like it's my fault. Are the 08's having the same problems as the 07's and 06's ? Hopefully a new battery like previous fixes on here, will be it. Just wanted to throw this out there.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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I let my car sit for 2 weeks and the battery died. Dealer? For them to give me another crappy battery? I bought an Optima Red Top and I've been fine ever since.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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Just for future reference, there is a key release under the steering column, you need a paperclip or something to depress it
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by eddiemoney
Just for future reference, there is a key release under the steering column, you need a paperclip or something to depress it
Thanks, good to know. Is there some kind of techno jargon as to why this happens? I spoke with a service writer about the battery issues, since I've seen some on here say they had a 625 or so CCA battery, then was swapped out to a 700+ CCA battery, meaning the previous one was too small. Just a guess. He said no way that would matter. It's a good thing he didn't ask if something was left on. Hopefully I can get this taken care of quickly.
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