You do know Ford doesn’t make their own batteries right?
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Heat Effecting Cars?
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Heat is a batteries worst enemy. Older batteries can pop when the temps get up and stay up. 6 years is beyond awesome for a truck battery in Ga.
I don't care enough about Ford's to know
I've had to replace more batteries over the years during the summer months than I ever did in the winter while living in the North.
I buy the gel kind now. Haven’t had the same problems with them it doesn’t seem like
Six years is good by todays standards with paper thin plates. Had an excide that went 10 years. Nothing has come close since.
Have a lot of 12 volt batteries in my life. I've had mostly good service with from Walmart's Evertstart batteries (Johnson Controls), as well as NAPA (which I think are rebranded Interstates, but not sure). Costco's Kirkland has also been good, for the couple that I've had.
Anything above 85 or below 40 will wreak havoc on batteries, alternators and even water pumps. Having one explode like that is very uncommon. Definitely an internal short caused it. I’m actually surprised a Dekra battery lasted that long, I stopped selling those 25+ years ago. Today, if you get more than 4-5 years out of a battery, you did quite well. Glad no one was injured or loss to property.
