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Subject:Re: Cold weather
From:Don Hanson
Date:Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:22:38 -0800

I'd say your battery is getting weak.  Being a relatively new
battery....that doesn't necessarily mean it is still a good battery.   I've
had newish batteries go belly-up for no real reason and had to replace
them.  I try to buy batteries that have a decent replacement warrantee,
because I've needed to replace 3  recently  and one brand new one was also
very weak, right out of the store.

  Be a skeptic when you have it tested, too.  Many auto parts places just
'spout out' whatever they feel like without really knowing how to test a
battery properly...or they have crummy test equipment and don't use it
correctly.

  Don Hanson

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Annie Anderson <lsandrsn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> Having some trouble with cold weather starting problems. Every time the
> weather gets cold, the van will not start. The battery dies and it has to be
> jumped.
>
> Anyone have ideas what might be the cause? I'm getting very irritated with
> this issue.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ~Annie
> Sent from my iPhone

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