Optima Battery retired after 9 years

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Trueoo7

I've got 9 years on a Hyundai Sonata battery and still going strong. The key is to never let them go dead, it harms the cells and they never come back 100%.

Yep, and iffin I'd have taken better care of,it may have lasted longer....I had a short in the electrical systems and it would take about 2 weeks to kill the battery, did this 3 or 4 times till I got the wiring fixed, once I had forgot about it and the battery was dead and stayed that way at least a month.....much neglect and abuse on my part, not the battery's fault, my present red top Optima is about 3 or 4 years old and seems to be doing fine.....

David