John M BUNMAN
BUNMAN-Adventures, Rescue & Recovery
My 2cents on batteries from another post. I always go with the OEM because of the warranty and I am positive that I will use will use it. Three yrs for a battery in the Desert is remarkable ..
Read the story below about Batteries in Vegas
**UPDATE-UPDATE** **BACK ON THE TRAIL/ STARBUCKS DRIVE THROUGH**
Great News, The Battery was Fried at 27 months, 40k miles
Just as suspected, enough Jigawatts to fire it up but not enough to run the rest of the mfing computer….errrrrrr…truck
The battery of course is warrantied for 3/36k…
INSIDER TIP: Before you start bad mouthing Fords Batteries and telling me to get this battery, that battery, know this…Now that I’ve had Ford replace it with there “special” battery it’s covered for 5 yrs, fails again replacement starts the 5yr clock again. My Raptor will always be serviced at Ford so it was a no-brainer for me (note my lack of wrench turning skills anymore)
Bottom line w/o getting into a battery debate, I’m on the Trail Again!
I hope this helps out other non-wrenchers like me. If Satanic Electrical issues pop up, Replace the Battery first, I don’t care if it’s 2yrs 36,005miles..
Old Dave was right as usual, anything electrical, pull the cables to re-boot, 2nd replacement of the battery.
Here‘s an Old Dave story for you; Back when Ford covered all the Batteries 100k or something like that, @FordTechOnemay know the specifics, the 32 Ford Vegas/ Phoenix region Dealerships were swapping out/warranting more batteries than 3200 dealerships East of Texas. So some bean counter thinks… Ahhhhhhaaaa, those MFers in Vegas/Phoenix are giving the batteries away to Strippers! (Note Phoenix has a lot of Strip-Clubs per capit) , we must end these Shenanigans!!
So Ford sends a 4-man team of Crack-Shenanigans Investigators! They spend something like a week in Vegas and a week in Phoenix running more tests on the batteries than my Proctologist?? Conclusion….Batteries don’t do well when it’s 220 mfing +degrees 3-4months of year on the pavement.
Ummmm I know Ford tests in Death Valley, lol I think some engineer's wanted a trip to Vegas.
Read the story below about Batteries in Vegas
**UPDATE-UPDATE** **BACK ON THE TRAIL/ STARBUCKS DRIVE THROUGH**
Great News, The Battery was Fried at 27 months, 40k miles
Just as suspected, enough Jigawatts to fire it up but not enough to run the rest of the mfing computer….errrrrrr…truck
The battery of course is warrantied for 3/36k…
INSIDER TIP: Before you start bad mouthing Fords Batteries and telling me to get this battery, that battery, know this…Now that I’ve had Ford replace it with there “special” battery it’s covered for 5 yrs, fails again replacement starts the 5yr clock again. My Raptor will always be serviced at Ford so it was a no-brainer for me (note my lack of wrench turning skills anymore)
Bottom line w/o getting into a battery debate, I’m on the Trail Again!
I hope this helps out other non-wrenchers like me. If Satanic Electrical issues pop up, Replace the Battery first, I don’t care if it’s 2yrs 36,005miles..
Old Dave was right as usual, anything electrical, pull the cables to re-boot, 2nd replacement of the battery.
Here‘s an Old Dave story for you; Back when Ford covered all the Batteries 100k or something like that, @FordTechOnemay know the specifics, the 32 Ford Vegas/ Phoenix region Dealerships were swapping out/warranting more batteries than 3200 dealerships East of Texas. So some bean counter thinks… Ahhhhhhaaaa, those MFers in Vegas/Phoenix are giving the batteries away to Strippers! (Note Phoenix has a lot of Strip-Clubs per capit) , we must end these Shenanigans!!
So Ford sends a 4-man team of Crack-Shenanigans Investigators! They spend something like a week in Vegas and a week in Phoenix running more tests on the batteries than my Proctologist?? Conclusion….Batteries don’t do well when it’s 220 mfing +degrees 3-4months of year on the pavement.
Ummmm I know Ford tests in Death Valley, lol I think some engineer's wanted a trip to Vegas.
