"ap" <corsica@ragingbull.com> wrote in message
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> Is it normal for the battery to fail load test
> at only 36K?
>

That really depends on the climate. When I lived in Phoenix I never had a
battery survive three summers - they would almost always give up early in
the third summer (like around May, since summer there is pretty much
May-September, and it's hit 100 degrees in March.) Now I live in Flagstaff
and the only battery I've had to replace in 4 years was in a car we had
recently bought.

Other things can suck the life out of a battery, especially if they are run
down and charged by driving the car.

Mike