When I got mine they replaced the battery since my lights were flickering.. so that battery was ok.. then I noticed lots of corrosion and brought it in and they installed another battery.. but didnt replace the cable itself..I haven't checked it in a while but I will in the next few days.

 

My battery was replaced also in less than 2 years without even asking for it. They tested it and replaced it. I had to clean the positive contact like 4 times... noe after the replacement like 8,000kms I cleaned it once more. I can't understand why keeps corroding.

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If you leave your vehicle for quite a while.. say a few weeks, I'd connect the battery to a smart trickle charger.

Or if you're the type that does nothing but short city trips, picks up a loved one, and hangs out with the audio blasting for half an hour or more without a long enough trip that would allow the battery to recharge.. it could cause a majorly reduced battery life span.

 

Hi,
For the last 25 years or so, I have changed out batteries every 3-4 years - a bit of preventive maintenance that makes sense.


Moving from a 2011 Escape to a 2016, the first thing I said when opening the hood was "where's the battery?"


Of course I found it, and the thing is just "buried" in the back. I looked up a couple of how to videos and realized that I would likely be better off having the dealer replace it when the time comes. Typically I pay $100-115 for a premium battery. I wonder what a dealer will charge for one plus installation ???

 

I did the battery in my 2013 in about an hour. It would have been faster had I not dropped a driver in the engine bay and had to figure out how to fish it out. Now that I know how to remove the air filter box, I could probably do it in 30 minutes.

 

My wife's Saturn Ion has an easy battery to get to and it's in the trunk of all places.

 

30-60 minutes to swap out a battery is maddening. However it makes sense to move it more towards the middle of the car.
My Subaru's battery and alternator took under 10 minutes to change, if you knew what you were doing.

 

I just took my 2014 in for the door latch recall, and I also asked them to check the battery since it's at almost 3 years from the in-service date and almost 4 years from the build date. The service advisor said they replaced the battery but I wasn't charged for it. The warranty doesn't list it explicitly as either covered, or not covered due to being a wear item.

If it's covered by the vehicle warranty, I bought a Ford extended warranty... I will have to see what that says about the battery. I always bought Ford batteries for my previous vehicle (Explorer) since their warranty was much longer than batteries from the auto parts stores... and batteries always die at about 3 years in this climate.

 

The extended warranty excludes batteries of all kinds.

 

When my Escape was 6-7 months old and I took it in for a seat issues, the dealer told me the battery tested low and they replaced it no charge. I was surprised one that new tested low, but he said it might have run down while they were messing with the seat.

 

My GUESS is that Ford has identified a bad batch of batteries??? Any thoughts.

 

I have decent luck with batteries now that I no longer buy used ones from the you pick and pull junk yards. I usually get more time out of them than the pro rated warranty period. We'll see if the larger battery to deal with Start/Stop technology helps, it already seems to shudder a lot restarting when it is marginal that it should be stopping in the first place (ambient temps around 90, AC on, headlights on, etc).