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Today I stopped at a store on the way home from work, came back out to the car, turned the key and.......absolutely nothing happened. Barely got a "click". The battery was totally DEAD . No warning signs at all.
Got a jump from a good samaritan, drove to Autozone on Durant in N. Raleigh to get a new battery. Once I stopped in the Autozone parking lot, I tried to start it up again just to make sure it was really zapped, and sure enough the battery was totally dead once again. As I walked in the Autozone Door I notice 4 other cars with their hoods up. I asked the clerk what was going on and he said they had done nothing but sell/install batteries all day. He said this heat is really stressing out old batteries struggling to keep AC going in the cars under these intense conditions. I don't know much about cars, but all those people lined up to get batteries seemed to support his theory.
Props to the guy who gave me a jump and props to Autozone on Durant for selling me a battery and installing it for me all within 5 minutes!
Glad it happen in a location you was able to get service.
Dont forget to check other things of your car for wear and tear from the heat like your tires on the hot pavement may have worn spots or under inflated.
Check your radiator hoses and fluids
Hang tough stay cool
We would hate for you to end up in that abondon cars thread...hehe
I'll have to look into that. My husband has had the same battery in his Jeep for 10 years. I've gone through at least 3 in my Camary in that amount of time.
Coming from the frozen tundra that is NE, I have to agree about Optima batteries. Those freezing cold days and nights can be just as hard on car batteries.
I think the normal lifespan for an OEM battery is around 4-6 years these days. I've had good luck with Interstate aftermarket batteries over the years.
OEM batteries are like OEM tires, normally minimum quality.
Best to swap out OEM batteries after 4 years since many will not give warning of impending demise.
Good thing about manual shift is that you can pop the clutch to get started with a dead battery.
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. No warning signs at all. 
