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Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:53 am**

Ok Who still has the Stock oem wimpy battery and it is still working and for how long?I have had the stock wimpy for just over 2 years and it still is working amazingly enough.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:54 am**

still on the stock one... dont need to buy a better one.... YET!

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:57 am**

Surprisingly I'm still on the stock "wimpy" battery and my Vibe is already over 4 years old. However, I'm not going to risk anything and will probably purchase a replacement before winter hits this year.Other than some slow cranking during the winter months, I haven't had a problem with it yet (knock on wood).

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:02 am**

I'm on the factory 03 battery, 3.5 years so far. Like nick, i'm wondering if I should do a pre-emptive replacement this fall

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:16 am**

Still on the wimpy stock battery, car was built in July 2002. I'm in So Calif, and the car is garaged, so its cold starts are almost never below 50 degrees even in winter.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:21 am**

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 Â»still on the stock one... dont need to buy a better one.... YET!The wimpy battery was only in '03 and '04's if you have DBW you have an '05 or newer.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:41 am**

OH!!! well its still wimpy! I want an optima yellow!

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:56 am**

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 Â»OH!!! well its still wimpy! I want an optima yellow!Yellow-top is more than our alternators can handle:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=23162

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:22 am**

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 Â»OH!!! well its still wimpy! I want an optima yellow!It's way more than adequate. It's more than you'll ever need. post post post post post post post post post post post post post

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:59 am**

i have a 2004 with stock battery...not as old as some of you guys but still old and it works great still....sometimes my lights dim when i use accessories, but idk if thats the alt. or battery that cant hold up

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:54 pm**

Quote, originally posted by GMJAP Â»Yellow-top is more than our alternators can handle:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=23162Yellow tops are fine in the Vibe if you do not completely discharge it. No stock alternator will bring a battery back to life from a complete discharge.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:25 pm**

yellow top and red tops are fine. you just can't kill it completely and expect it to resurrect.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:43 pm**

Still stock. Had it 4 years in August.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:53 pm**

just replaced my stock one on sunday.....put 100,000 kms on it and it went into service in jan 2002.so it was 4.5 yrs old.....and still going very strong.decided it was time to put a stronger one in to get me to the end of the cars life.

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:23 pm**

4 years/2 months - over 80k miles, still running the stocker.

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:12 am**

warranty replaced my leaking old 320 with a a more beefy one... so I'm still running that one.

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:27 am**

I had replaced my OE battery with a Interstate Greytop about 2 months ago. About 32 months after the car was built? Sounds right....

Posted: **Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:01 am**

My stock battery is still working fine, despite me having depleted it. Twice! I guess I might want to consider getting a new battery before the cold winter sets in here in the NE.

Posted: **Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:34 pm**

Still rockin the stock since Dec 12, 2002 and almost 109k miles

Posted: **Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:30 am**

Still on the wimpy stock battery...It's been in the car since November 2002, and it still works (even in Ontario's occasional -40 winter weather).

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:30 am**

3.5 years and 75kmiles on stock battery. Just did a pre-emptive replacement today with an Optima Red Top.

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:54 am**

Mine still checked out good after 2 years/ 60k miles, but I replaced it with a optima redtop ($99@ COSCO) anyway just so I won't be stranded somewhere inconvienent. I can always use a "garage" battery for stuff around the house. Already used the poor little pathetic thing to jump start the nieghbors car.

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:26 am**

I just finally picked-up a 640 CCA Diehard at Sears today. Perfect fit/replacement. The true test awaits this winter. My 310 CCA has been retired after 4.5 yrs of use (surprisingly).

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:21 am**

Optima Red Top #35

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:51 pm**

Still on stockwimpy (2Â½ years), but after having it die at the meet, I'm guessing it's time to upgrade. Probably won't go yellowtop though. (BTW, thanks to AlamoVibe to jump starting my car with his portable pack. Worked like a charm)

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:47 am**

My stock battery has been donated to power the trolling motor on a friend's boat. It seems to work fine in there...for 2 hours. I guess I'll just keep charging it until it completely seizes up.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:41 am**

My slightly-better (2005) stock is going strong after about 14 months.

Posted: **Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:07 am**

My dealer in Iowa automatically upgrades to cold weather batteries when he orders cars for people, so when I got the car it already had a little bit of a better battery. But 26,000 miles later it still works fine!

Posted: **Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:08 am**

45 months and the OEM 320 CCA still ticking in Ohio.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:40 am**

When installing the power wire for my subs, I inadvertently turned the hot post inside the battery. So I just replaced the wimpy ACDelco 310cca battery with a Wal-Mart special. Everstart Maxx 35n (640 cca) for about $70.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:55 pm**

Still the stock 'Delphi' battery. Will be replacing it with an Optima Red top when it dies.

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:24 am**

still running the factory battery bought in march 03 car was built in feb 02 still running strong. left lights on over night still started. killed batery with tv/ps2, left off for bout 30 mins and started right up. don't know y its a wimpy battery lol

Posted: **Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:34 am**

I keep losing the power to the subwoofer now. the lights goes on the amp but there is no base unless I crank it. If I don't crank it It's almost like I have to let the battery charge back up again before I turn the stereo back on. Now the little green light stays black all the time on the battery. I think once you add lots of "toys" the battery starts to die alot quicker.

Posted: **Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:50 am**

Well yeah your having a massive pull of current to run it, since the alt can't handle it. It will pull the current out of the battery and after so much time the battery will run low and after enough times the battery won't recharge.

Posted: **Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:50 pm**

Optima red top after the stock one died in the cold last February.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:22 am**

the stocker gave up the ghost this week so it has been replaced with an Optima Red Top.Now i have 720CCA much better than the 310 from stock.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:59 pm**

42 months and still alive,but it does crank real slow when it's cold.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:16 pm**

Now 48 months since purchase (battery really 51 months as as the car was built in Oct. 2002) and still going. At recent dealer "10 for $10" winter check-up they said they tested the battery and it was o.k.Wouldn't want to leave car outside at 0 degress as it cranks a little slow at 25 degress.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:24 pm**

3.5 years and 59 000kms later still have the stock battery....thinking of replacing it real soon though

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:29 am**

Quote, originally posted by joatmon Â»I'm on the factory 03 battery, 3.5 years so far. Like nick, i'm wondering if I should do a pre-emptive replacement this fallbought the car 12/30/02, today I replaced the OEM battery with an Exide 640 CCA model. There was nothing wrong with the factory one in my car, still worked just fine, but wanted to know I had a good one for the coming winter, and I had the cash todayso Too bad I can't change my vote from "still have the wimpy" to "replaced with better"

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:49 am**

Better to be safe than stuck in the dead of winter.I just realized my oem AC Delco battery is 550CCA.I wonder when they changed them?

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:04 am**

they changed to bigger with the 05 models thanks in no small part to http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=2976 and NSimkins

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:06 am**

I'm glad you got 25 years out of your battery.

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:46 am**

Quote, originally posted by kevera Â»I'm glad you got 25 years out of your battery. thanks for the heads up, I had typed 82 instead of 02. I edited it. 12/30/82 was a much more important day in my life than 12/30/02, so it slipped through

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:07 pm**

I got the 05GT in July 2004.Now with 50,000 miles.....still have the same battery, no issues yet.......

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:00 am**

I have to replace it now. I have a 2003 with over 230,000kms but if I leave the radio on for about 15-20 minutes I barely have enough left to turn it over on a warm day. The new one will be 450CCA.

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:41 am**

i posted in nov of last year that i still had the stock batterywell still have it. running strong. 50k miles so far

Posted: **Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:25 am**

Still have my original battery with 70,000 miles!

Posted: **Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:53 am**

Well, I just had to replace mine last week. It was over 5 years old (May 2002) and I have close to 80k miles. Fortunately it died right when I got to my garage and not on a camping trip I had just gotten back from that day! They really can die with no signs of wearing out. The engine started up just fine earlier in the day but when I got to my garage and shut off the engine, even the stereo turned off. Luckily I got it all replaced that night.

Posted: **Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:05 pm**

I still have the original in my 03. It was weak in the Yukon but then it got down to -49Â°C (-56.2Â°F), I had a battery blanket on it to keep it warm.However it works great in Germany, however it does not freeze much here. lol

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