parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (03/07/84)
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In 1979, my Sears Die Hard battery, which was supposed to
last for 5 years, died at 2.5 years in my 8 cylinder Jeep.
The pro rated warrantee was only good towards the purchase
of another Sears battery. Although I'm usually a Sears fan,
I will no longer buy Die Hards.
The JC Penny battery (a Die Hard competitor), boasted a
lifetime warrantee. I wish I had bought one.
Has anyone else had a bad experience with the Sears Die Hard
battery?
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Bob Parnass, AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass - (312)979-5760 rkp@drufl.UUCP (Pierce) (03/07/84)
Concerning a JC Penney lifetime warranty on a car battery: A lot of good that warranty would have done you since the Penney's auto centers have gone out of business. It would be interesting to see what Penneys will do with any of these battery warranties.
stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS) (03/07/84)
One doesn't BUY a battery at Sears, one LEASES it.
My old Opel needs another 48 mo. battery every 3 yrs.
Typically, it dies a fairly sudden death and the 25%
credit locks me in to another Sears battery. I think
it's a racket, but at $1 a month I can live with it.
Jimaeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (03/08/84)
You probably should indeed have bought a JCPenney lifetime battery. I grant
that mine is only ~4 years old (thus I haven't really verified the "lifetime"
provision), but still...it has never failed to provide enough juice to get my
car started, even when the temperature was in the neighborhood of -15 F. It
cost about $80, but I think it was worth it.
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...drifting along with the tumbling terminals....andyc@hammer.UUCP (03/15/84)
Concerning a JC Penney lifetime warranty on a car battery: A lot of good that warranty would have done you since the Penney's auto centers have gone out of business. It would be interesting to see what Penneys will do with any of these battery warranties. According to a JC Penney executive (my son's godfather), JC Penney will continue to honor ANY warranties granted before discontinuing a product line (tires, batteries, computers, etc). If you have a problem, try and take your battery with warrenty to the Penney's where you bought it (not necessary, but saves time), and they will send you to a Firestone dealer to replace it! T. Andrew Crump Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 1000 Del. Sta. 61-215 Wilsonville, OR. 97070 (503) 685-2409
wookie@alice.UUCP (Keith Bauer White Tiger Racing) (03/16/84)
My father purchased a Die-Hard battery for a Cadillac back when the top of the line Die Hard was the only Die-Hard available and was warrented for the life of the car (not transferrable to subsequent owners). The battery lasted 16 months when it started to show signs of its demise. One cell had shorted out as could be told by the specific gravity and the color of the plates. I stopped in at my friendly Sears Auto Center who assurred me there was no need to go shopping in the mall as this would only take a minute! (HO! HO!)After an hour and a half of going around in circles they finally agreed that the battery was dead and brought out a new one. I started to walk away with it to install it in the car when the guy said that will be $28.00 please! "For what?" I asked. Well it seemed they had dropped the old lifetime bit to 5 years which it is now for the top of the line Die Hard. I was a little torqued but what can you do?? My next experience was with a Sunbeam Tiger I bought which had a J.C. Penny lifetime battery in it from the previous owner. Since the car was in need of repair the battery was allowed to sit discharged for about a year and when the owner decided to sell he charged it up with a high current charger (A DEFINITE NO-NO). This no doubt led to the batteries failure soon after. I went to the J.C. Penney store (remembering my luck at Sears) and told the story of the battery. The lady asked for the owners card, filled out some papers, then called someone. After a total of 4 minutes she said "you may pick up your new battery at the back loading dock". NO CHARGE NO HASSLES NO HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!!! That was in 1978......the battery is still going just fine starting my 66 Pontiac V8 in the coldest of winter. By the way........my dad repeated his trip to Sears NINE MONTHS LATER to get a new Die-Hard for tthe Cadillac. That replacement lasted about 21 months when my father gave up in disgust. By the way there was nothing wrong with the electrical system in the Cadillac as confirmed by both Sears and myself. The JC Penney deal is one I would like to repeat. I use this battery in my race car during the summer because it's the only battery I have used that can get the race car through a whole weekend event without needing a recharge (we don't run alternators because of the added weight and power consumption). So you can see I have abused this battery and it just keeps on ticking. Now after 6 years of this abuse, I expect it will need replacing soon and I only hope I can find one as good!!!! Keith Bauer White Tiger Racing