Its 1year free replacement and 2 year pro rated.
I have had really good luck with them in the past, used them far longer than
the warranty.

wally's batteries are made by Johnson Controls.

My problem with batteries is I end up leaving a door open or draw on them in
my shop or parked when working on the vehicle and draw it flat which kills
even a brand new top of the line 5 year battery.

I heard if you draw any lead acid battery totally flat you will reduce its
life by 50%.
draw it flat again 25% life

Its easy to in my ford to leave the headlights on, at least in the vw you
have to have the key on.

----- Original Message -----
From: <mcneely4@cox.net>
To: "Doug Noganav" <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Battery question

> If the battery has only a one year warranty, it's not much of a battery,
> and I would expect it to fail at or soon after the expiration of that
> warranty.  So, for $30 or $40 more you could have gotten a five or more
> year battery, which if not abused would in fact last the five years
> warranted.  Hmmmmm.............. .  Dave MC
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Doug Noganav wrote:
>
> > Thanks, good info.
> > I ended up at wally's because it was only $65 for the group 41 750cca.
> > Its
> > their basic battery with only 1 year replacement.
> >
> > You can tell when you lift it up that its not super heavy like some of
> > the
> > higher warranty group 41s.
> >
> > I have found most batteries to be good as long as you do not do what I
> > did
> > to my old one and run it flat with a radio left drawing. It created a
> > bad
> > cell according to AAA who came out and tested it. After that it would
> > not
> > hold a charge well.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Poppie Jagersand" To: Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: Battery question
> >
> >
> > The battery question invariably brings up strong opinions about
> > different
> > brands. Some swear by Diehard, some Interstate, some Optima etc...
> >
> > In reality the differences are not that great. While there are many
> > brand
> > names printed on batteries there are only a few manufacturers. If you
> > buy a
> > battery in North America with some 90% probability it is made by
> > Johnson
> > Control, GNB or Excide. I've had $200 Optima batteries, and $50
> > Walmart
> > batteries, Delco, Diehard, Interstate etc. They all last comparably
> > long for
> > me. Consumer reports buys loads of batteries and does a test about
> > once a
> > year. Winners vary between the years and types of batteries,
> > suggesting that
> > there is no particular manufacturer that is superior to the others.
> >
> > More important is to check that you get a fresh battery. Like milk
> > they are
> > date stamped and go bad if too old...
> > Some have a clear text manufacturing date, others a code. A, B, C, D
> > etc is
> > Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr etc. 9 or 09 would be the year. The date stamp is
> > often
> > on a round sticker. Try to find a battery as fresh as possible, and
> > not
> > older than 6mo. You can also check with a voltmeter. The battery
> > should be
> > 12.7V Anything below 12.5 would be suspect.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > --- On Sun, 10/18/09, Allan Streib  wrote:
> >
> >> From: Allan Streib Subject: Re: Battery question
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Received: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 5:29 PM
> >> Doug Noganav writes:
> >>
> >>> Anybody know the least expensive battery available for
> >> the vanagon?
> >>>
> >>> Wally world still the cheapest?
> >>>
> >>> It looked like group 42 might also work in the box,
> >> not sure it the 42 is any cheaper than 41.
> >>>
> >>> looking for best deal
> >>
> >> Best deal as in you are selling the van and want to put the
> >> absolute
> >> cheapest battery in you can? Yeah it'll probably be
> >> Wal-Mart.
> >>
> >> Best deal in that you can start the van on a cold winter
> >> morning? I'd
> >> go with Interstate. They have never let me down.
> >>
> >> Allan
> >> --
> >> 1991 Vanagon GL
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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