OEM Battery lasts how long?

[MConyers]

October 2015 until June 2022 for me. Vehicle kept in a pole barn/garage unheated, plugged in on a timer during the winter; about 44k miles. 2016 Ram, kept on a tender when not running for a couple of days. Planning to pick up some new ones from Napa on Monday. Thought the new truck would be here before the replacements were needed; apparently KZLD status can last a while.

 

[Signal73]

That’s a good run. Mine sits a lot more than it is driven so a tender is hooked up as well.

 

[AH64ID]

Mine are treated similar and I’m not sure I’d take them thru another winter. It’s a 2018.

 

[lpennock]

My 2018 needed new batteries at 2 years. Replaced under 3/36. Found my solar tender was bad so hopefully will get a little more out of this set. 2-3 years is pretty normal in Phoenix. Heat kills.

 

[Hoefler]

driven daily, all of my Rams needed at least one battery around the 2 year mark

 

[kthaxton]

It seems I heard that 4 years was fairly common, I think I got about 5 out of mine.

 

[Wiredawg]

I typucally get five out of mine. I had a Toyota PU once I got 7 years out of the Nipodenso (S) once.

 

[AH64ID]

I replaced the batteries in my 05 at 5 or 6 years and gave them to a buddy. He ran them until they died at 10 years old.

 

[p-Bar]

the grid heater tears up the batteries. I never do the wait to start. I know they cycle a bit but have no control of that. Never gets cold enough in commiefornia as the grid heater was designed for subzero temps.

 

[Jim W]

On my 08 bought new in Nov 2007 I got 5 years out of the factory batteries. I replaced them with 75-month Legend NAPA batteries, and I have gotten 7 to 71/2 years out of them. I am on my second set of NAPA batteries same series bought in the spring of 2020. Nothing special is done to the batteries other than the truck is kept in the garage. I do not use a trickle charger on the batteries.

 

[endoscott]

I must be an outlier, just replaced the factory batteries on my 2014. But when they died it was literally overnight with no warning.

 

[p-Bar]

I think those trickle chargers cause a a lot of sulfication due to low current charge. If you look at a good rv battery charger they kick a high amperage charge to knock the plates clean on the battery. Think twice about those trickle chargers.

 

[AH64ID]

I think those trickle chargers cause a a lot of sulfication due to low current charge. If you look at a good rv battery charger they kick a high amperage charge to knock the plates clean on the battery. Think twice about those trickle chargers.

RV chargers only throw high amperage if the battery will take it, but the good ones will up the voltage every so often to keep the plates clean. Higher voltage is more important for cleaning the plates than amperage. When my PD 4655 goes into desulfation mode, every 21 hours for 15 minutes, the voltage bumps back up to 14.4 but the amperage is usually .3 or less after the first few seconds since the battery is already at 100% SOC.

I won't keep any battery without a drain on a trickle charger, so the only battery that I keep a trickle charger on is the pickup. There are so many computers/modules that don't shut off that they need something providing charge to the batteries when they sit more than a few days.

I use a NoCo Genius 5. It has an internal temp sensor to compensate for ambient temp, and it has a maintenance mode that stops charging until the battery dips and then tops it off. This can be left indefinitely on any battery, but I still prefer to only do so on my pickup.

I would agree with thinking twice about cheaper trickle chargers on batteries that are sitting with no load.

 

[Cummins12V98]

To avoid issues I changed mine out at 5 years.

 

[Regcabguy]

I replaced the batteries in my 05 at 5 or 6 years and gave them to a buddy. He ran them until they died at 10 years old.

Same here. Mine are still alive in a 12v. Not nearly as much parasitic loss with the 3rd gens.

 

[06 Dodge]

I got 12+ years out of the batteries in my 2006 only replaced because I had to replace the battery cables an thought it might be a good idea to do so

 

[wyosteve]

3 yrs. on my 2018!

 

[crispyboy]

Do you guys have opinion on a battery blanket? Do they help much? My truck does not have them. Curious if this is something that should be added?

 

[lpennock]

Do you guys have opinion on a battery blanket? Do they help much? My truck does not have them. Curious if this is something that should be added?

Where do you live? Cold climate they aren't needed. Hot climate they are needed to protect battery from underhood heat.

 

[crispyboy]

I live in Kentucky. July and August can be mid 90's.