Car Battery Exploded!!

[antz]

Hi Everyone,

The last event i attended was sa tsikot was the camping sa zambales mountain..4wd driving.....Anyway..I just wanted to share a though....I just had a very bad experience today. I was leaving to work and after driving for about 20 meters from my house, i heard a knocking sound...for about 5 seconds, i thought it was a suspension problem, the next thing i know, i heard a big explosion underneath the hood of my car...Since my car was already dead, i parked it at the side. I checked the hood and there my battery exploded. Anyone of you experienced this, or might know the cause of this... I was worrried that it might be an electrical problem, or that sort....i checked also in the internet that it also might be because of lack of water,,,in the battery.(but my battery is a maintenance free). Also what should i do to fix? Anyway hope someone could share their thoughts and suggestions...

[BlueBimmer]

whats d battery brand?

[ILuvDetailing]

Maybe it shorted or it had some leaks.

[antz]

Motolite Gold (Maintenance Free)

[nicolodeon]

Your battery exploded probably due to hydrogen gas that is venting. The gas can be ignited by a simple spark from under your hood. What a lot of motorist don't know is that car batteries (probably not all) could vent explosive hydrogen gas.

[Juan Tamad]

Motolite Gold (Maintenance Free)

Di kaya manufacturer defect yan?

I change my battery to Outlast. Mas matibay ito at longer warranty pa.

[ILuvDetailing]

whats the best way to prevent this?

[BlueBimmer]

try claiming it if under warranty pa

[5Speed]

hmmmm bago sa akin yan ahh....

nakakagulat at nakakatakot yan....me pumutok sa hood mo....

teka pano matse-check yung battery para maiwasan yan?

[johnart]

Sir can you give us more info like what car were you using? How old is your car ? has its electricals been touched? and how old is the battery ?

[artpogi]

Sir can you give us more info like what car were you using? How old is your car ? has its electricals been touched? and how old is the battery ?

yeah, especially how old is the battery, Motolite gold din kasi battery ko eh

[nicolodeon]

A few informative links on car batteries:

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-42B.htm
http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/carfaq14.htm
http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_Car_Battery.html
http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/tec...5/article.html
http://www.csaa.com/global/articlede...7C2034,00.html

[ILuvDetailing]

thanks nicolodeon.

[FrankDrebin]

Ito na yung mga sinasabi ng mga old school drivers na kung bakit ayaw nila ng maintenance-free na battery.

[antz]

My Car is a kia Pride 1996, i have cheked the ignition coil before and it works ok naman....., the distribution is ok rin naman , do not though whether there would be any relation......anyway the battery is quite new...mga 5 monts ago lang.....kakainis nga eh......also how could i prevent leaks...nga ...

[theveed]

My guesses:

1) Battery isn't clamped solidly, resulting to battery movement damagine the internals over time.
2) Battery posts/terminals (esp + terminal) touched the body of the car (maybe the hood) resulting to a short. Or loose terminal.
3) Overcharged battery (defective VR perhaps?). Or lack of electrolyte? Motolites aren't really maintenance free, they're low maintenance.

If you take out the sticker on top, you'll see that you can repleplenish the electrolytes. Usually the electrolyte level will be low after a year or so (warranty period - wa-is nila no?), if you top it off after the warranty period, the batt will last quite some time padin.

I think naubusan ka talaga ng electrolytes....

[jim]

under warranty pa yan. dalhin mo sa binilhan mo para ma-check nila yung electricals mo. yung knocking sound before the explosion could mean something. dapat malaman mo kung ano yung nag-cause ng knocking sound baka yun din yun dahilan kung bakit sumabog battery mo.

[Mojo]

di kaya overcharging yan? pag sira alternator mo, i oovercharge nya battery mo, sa point kumkulo na ang liquid ng battery mo at pag sobra na sasabog kasi sobra na ang kulo

[antz]

Guys,

Here is my update, I posted what happened this morning sa motolite website and they will be going to my place to see what caused the explosion....will update you all....

thanks...

[the_wildthing]

Wow galing ng service ah. Kaya lang di mo magagamit agad ang kotse until dumating sila, tama ba? Parang crime scene... dapat untouched. Hehe.

Napababa tuloy ako sa kotse para silipin ang estado ng aking baterya. Isang taon na ang maintenance free kong Motolite...