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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
Once again, battery goes to crap after only 3 years. We replaced the battery in our CX5 just 3 years and 1 month ago, January 2018, with a Group 35 Interstate battery from Costco. Today I went to move the car out of the garage and it struggled to turn over. Wife said it had been slow to start earlier today also. A couple hours later when I went to move the car back into the garage, the started made about half a turn and just quit. Wouldn't do anything else. Put a volt meter on the battery and it read 12.3 volts, which seems a bit low, right?
I had to jump start the car with my Integra just to be able to move the car. With the Integra running and jumper cables attached, my volt meter read ~13.4 volts between battery positive and body ground on the CX5. After I started the car and removed the jumper cables, I was getting around 14.0 to 14.1 volts on the multimeter.
After idling for about 5 minutes and then moving the car back into the garage, it's now reading about 12.6 volts from battery positive to body ground. I'll check it again in the morning to see what it shows.
Luckily the battery from Costco has 42 month free replacement, so I should be getting a free battery. And of course, the ones they offer now only have 36 month free replacement.
I had to jump start the car with my Integra just to be able to move the car. With the Integra running and jumper cables attached, my volt meter read ~13.4 volts between battery positive and body ground on the CX5. After I started the car and removed the jumper cables, I was getting around 14.0 to 14.1 volts on the multimeter.
After idling for about 5 minutes and then moving the car back into the garage, it's now reading about 12.6 volts from battery positive to body ground. I'll check it again in the morning to see what it shows.
Luckily the battery from Costco has 42 month free replacement, so I should be getting a free battery. And of course, the ones they offer now only have 36 month free replacement.