Buckshot Barry

Who has an older V6 S197 with the original battery?

Mine is a 2007 built in Jan 2007 and I still have the original battery. Cranks fine. I keep it on a Battery Tender. Any 2006 or 2005's here with the original?

obxdude018

Have an '05 and I can say no to that, it will be hard to find any members on here with the original battery, since they are not that great of one.

howarmat

just replaced mine in my 05 GT about 2 months ago after i let it sit for 2-3 weeks without use due to weather. I was happy to get that much use out of it

Tanner05

Mine went dead on the lot. They said they replaced it, they didn't.
It cranked just fine when I left for school, then I go to start it after school, and it was dead.
Ha so here I am brand new car to me, best looking car in the school parking lot and the freaking think is dead. That sucked. Lol

jdphillips73

i have a 2007 i got in feb of 07. i have 3 amps and subs in the trunk, my battery went out last month.. now have a autozone gold battery (i know...) and even it is way better than the stock battery

2005Redfire6

Just replaced the one on my 2005 a few months ago... And it wasn't because it failed, just because I put water in it and it boiled out so I got rid of it.

wrestlinnut

I have a 2006 with the original battery. Never had a problem with it

aaquib1992

08 and I had the original batt. until about December of 2010... Like tanner, it was a brand new car (to me as well lol) and it won't start, of course it was the one day I had an important place to be. I was so mad I got out and punched my garage door heh.

Got a gold duralast, was the only one that would fit in the space...

JimC

I have a 2006 that I bought in April 2006. I had the original battery in it until November 2010 - and because of slow starting on cold mornings, and winter coming, I figured that with 155,000 miles on it the battery was ready for retirement.

Nuke

Boyh my g/f's '06 and my '07 still have the OE MotorCrap battery. Although the g/f's had shown some signs of being weak about 2 years ago, it was more related to her frequent short trips in town. Once we moved to the boonies, she drives farther and on more open roads and her battery is still doing fine. Mine still cranks over fine after sitting for 2-3 weeks.