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“Read the label for the battery date. The date is preceded by either a P or S, the next two numbers indicate the month and the third number indicates the year. An example would be S 119, which means the battery was manufactured in November 2009.”
So this is how i’m supposed to read the date. I just took my battery out of my car because it wasn’t starting. its 5 year warranty. So, i’m trying to determine when it was made. On the battery it says P 052R . Does that mean May 2002? Can battery last like 13 years? My accord is 2003, so can battery be older than the car?
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If the 3 digit code only has one digit for the year, it could be 1992, 2002, or 2012. The OEM battery is usually a rebadged unit from one of the major manufacturers with the Honda logo. I would guess that the battery was replaced in mid-to-late half 2012.
It’s possible for a battery to last 13 years, but highly unlikely. Also, a 2.5 to 3 year life seems short to me.
so its more likely to be 2012?
Does that mean the battery is just discharged?
Can i just charge it and put it back?Right or wrong, I read that as May (05) of 2012. If there’s a suspected issue charge it for a while and load test it.
Batteries can fail at any age though. Most hold up well but I’ve had some that went belly up in less than a year and in some cases a few months. I currently have one shaky battery right now that is failing at 11 months of age.
A long time ago I bought a new battery from Sears and it flat died the very next day; as I found out when I got off work and the car was dead. I took it in the shop, charged it for a while, and load tested it. Total junk Sears Die Hard didn’t even make it 24 hours.Just like anything that comes off of an assembly line there’s going to be a number of flawed ones.
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