how long did your maintenance-free battery last?

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Delkor. 18mos. Warranty.
Bought April 2001.
Still usable as of this month when I replaced it.

[mazda323]

motolite gold here, it lasted at least two years.

grabe naman yung four years! What brand was that?

[bilog]

mine lasted for 18 mos also. just died on me. motolite maintenance free. my engine is diesel powered.

[20vanda01]

'Yong sa akin XUVi stock battery pero may tatak na Motolite Gold... until now ayos pa ala pang problema since July 2002.

[mazdamazda]

motolite gold on the 323. almost 24 months already. bought already a new battery just in case.

[altec]

Delkor 18 months. After 1.5 years on my 2.5tdic, engine cranks but doesn't start up during cold engine starts. Transferred the same battery to my fuego. Fuego starts up, no problem. Lasted 4 years and just recently conked out. My point is that the kind of engine also has an effect on the battery. Obviously, mitsu indirect injection diesels that still uses glow plugs require more battery power than the isuzu's direct injection diesels.

Sound setup is similar, with subs and ampli, headlights also upgraded with both. The fuego has alarm, the paj don't have. So for me its more on the engine's requirements.

Previously tried motolite's MF, doesn't last as long. The problem is that where I am, na phase out ng supplier ang Delkor, they now promote another brand called KOBA. Ito naman ang nakakabit sa fuego ko.

[benchph1]

AC DELCO 1SM , Honda City, w/ sound setup, daily driven

almost 3 years.

im now using Motolite Gold w/ a 15 mo warranty.

[mazda323]

So, what is the best battery you guys recommend?

Jackaroo, pa-summarize na lang ang lahat ng comments namin so you can come up with the final answer to your question. I want to have an answer to this also kasi, I want a battery that lasts.

[altec]

delkor ka na, our company's fleet uses a lot of delkor. On the average, over 2 years ang life span, with very few units that requested for a replacement below 2 years. We did make a claim on 2 units within the 18 month warranty. Maski 17 months, they will replace in full, unlike with motolite/oriental (same lang ang gumagawa niyan), prorated ang warranty nila.

[mazda323]

iba pa yan sa ac delco? Ngayon ko lang narinig ang Delkor!

What is that battery available? Readily available everywhere?