The life of a battery can differ significantly depending on where you live.
Here in this part of the country (South) most car batteries won't make 4
years. Heat shortens their life measurably.
If you haven't heard, Honda has changed their battery warranty to 100 months
with free replacement up to 3 years if defective or fails. And their price
is very competitive right now. Make your decision soon if you do get a Honda
battery because the price is going up a little on December 1. Up until then
the price for the 100 month battery is the same as the previous 60 month
battery. The Honda batteries are currently manufactured and distributed (at
least here in the south) by Interstate. They make very good quality
batteries.
Howard
"bin yan" <binyanmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> My '90 civic seems to drain battery quite quickly. It was out of power
> this morning (after 4 days of not use). I could jump start it without
> any problem. After running the car for a while, I shut off the enginee
> and restarted the car, no problem. But after a couple of hours or so,
> the battery seems getting quite low, to a point that it just barely
> started the car after a few trials.
>
> The battery is probably more than 5 years old (diehard). I think it is
> time to replace the battery. But could it be the alternator or
> something else? I am pretty novice on cars.
>
> Any suggestions for me to test it further before taking it to a shop?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tony