2001 LXi Battery Failure

[Arcticdude]

Battery failure can occur at any time. I feel like I’ve been really lucky so far with mine. I think there definitely is a difference in battery quality, even though everybody says there’s only a couple of manufacturers out there. But I’ve had some of my vehicle batteries fail at what seemed to be a pretty young age.

I’d recommend disconnecting your chassis batteries, pulling them out and getting them tested. That way you’ll truly know what’s going on. Leaving a bad battery in place (especially if the house and chassis banks are merged), you really run the risk of destroying the rest of them by overcharging them. You can sometimes tell a bad battery by feeling each one. The hotter one(s) are likely the problem(s).