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went to check my oil like i do every week, blue/yellow/white crustys everywhere!!!!!!! they battery leaked acid all over the underside of the hood/ termnalls/manual tranny/upper radhose it was a mess. the battery still functioned though. it was changed with an ac delco model 023300 19001602 6 year professional under warrenty. anyone know if this one is stronger than the toyota battery that it replaced?also the a/c system was recharced to 1.48lbs for th" valve core was loose and dye was added. first time i used the a/c was 2 weeks ago lol!!! and it did not work lol!!!!! gm service guys were great through, 2 thumbs up!!! did a great clean up job.

If you know the CCA rating of the new battery, it will tell you if it was stronger than the stock one...I believe stock is 310...

quote:If you know the CCA rating of the new battery, it will tell you if it was stronger than the stock one...I believe stock is 310...You're wright, stock is 310 CCA. And chance to AC Delco to do a so lottle battery is very thing. i took a look to the AC Delco web site and as for a battery remplacement on a Pontiac Vibe and they gave me battery model 35-6YR, 450 CCA.

im doing a hec of a lot better, cant wait til feb ..........thanks for asking, boy you have a good memory. silver!

yep, its the ac delco 450 cca thanks guys!!! nice

quote:Also, there is going to be a TSB out in the future for the Vibe's battery to be replaced for a higher CCA one. The TSB will affect the owners that live in a Cold Climate Area. Nick or I will keep everyone advised when then TSB is out. So... is there any TSB yet?Cold weather is arrived and it seems that it's harder to start in the morning now!!! Realy different during summer. Hope to see TSB soon about this. When I visited GM dealer recently I've seen under new Chevy Aveo hood a 450CCA... so, why not under our hood???

quote:Cold weather is arrived and it seems that it's harder to start in the morning now!!! Realy different during summer. Hope to see TSB soon about this. Same thing here. With mornings at -5°C, the Vibe's battery don't like it a lot...

I'm going to the dealer tomorrow to see if they will replace my Conti tires and while I'm at it I'm going to see if I can get a battery too. I'm not asking too much am I?

I'd focus on the tires for now, Sunny. The longer you wait on the battery, the more negative publicity GM will have had to induce them to step up to something decent.

Just called my dealer, and Service Manager never heard of it (battery problem - hard to start on cold temperature) and of course nothing about any TSB concerning that. He said, leave us the car and will check on cold morning what's going on. Then I called 1-800GM service, and also said: "first time I heard about battery for Vibe". !!! Am I the first one to complain in Canada to 1-800GM about this problem? There is no TSB (called "voicemail" by GM network) for battery she said.

Quote, originally posted by SCTM »Just called my dealer, and Service Manager never heard of it (battery problem - hard to start on cold temperature) and of course nothing about any TSB concerning that. He said, leave us the car and will check on cold morning what's going on. Then I called 1-800GM service, and also said: "first time I heard about battery for Vibe". !!! Am I the first one to complain in Canada to 1-800GM about this problem? There is no TSB (called "voicemail" by GM network) for battery she said. I did it!! I called them 1 year ago...

Quote, originally posted by SCTM »Just called my dealer, and Service Manager never heard of it (battery problem - hard to start on cold temperature) Mine said he had a few complains and many others ridiculous things... More there: http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...28587 Quote, originally posted by SCTM »Then I called 1-800GM service, and also said: "first time I heard about battery for Vibe". !!! Am I the first one to complain in Canada to 1-800GM about this problem? No you are not alone. I called a few times (2 or 3 times), Sub-Vibe-R called too and I'm sure many others. See: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=2976 http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=3111 http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=3927 I eager to have more news from GM about that... after these phone calls, e-mail to GM Canada and my dealer (owner and service manager)...

Yes you're right !I called too last winter... When it's -30 oustide you always wonder if you vibe will start... I hope that we'II have a TSB soon or that we will have a warm winter !

I notice mine cranking slower @30f,so I can just imagine what it will be like when its colder

mine still turned at -10F last week, but it was having a tough time.