I bought the car in '95 and haven't replaced the battery since then...they told me it was new so I think that after 5 years, that's the most I could expect from it right?

Car has 127k miles on it...could the starter be bad?

Jim

 

Does the motor crank over? If not then your starter is most likely the culprit. But first test to see if ur lights come on and check ur radio. If they don't come on then it's ur battery.

 

Hard to tell from that short description. 5 years is a long time to ask a battery to last though. Take the battery out of the newer max and see if it starts. Then take a voltage meter and measure to see if you get at least 13volts across the neg/pos on the battery.

 

Well, I jump started it from the '95 and the engine started right up, like it has faithfully for years.

The headlights, interior lights, passive seatbelts, etc. work but this does not mean there is enough juice to crank the starter. The starter does try to crank and there is not any click like there was when the starter went bad on my '95.

I don't have a voltage meter but given the age of the battery, I'm almost sure this was it. I was just wondering if 3rd gen starters are known to give out at higher mileages (like the 4th gens go out around 60k miles).

Jim

 

It was the battery. Replaced it today and everything is fine.

Jim