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Originally Posted by godwin
Simple, take the battery out, take it to the parts department, they will replace it for you. You only have to pay, if you want them to diagnose the car for you. .
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Ive had the car for 19month so i have to pay 25% of what the battery costs. and its around 100$
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One potential issue is since the volume of battery sales is much lower at Infiniti dealership, if it is other things that drains your battery and kills it (loose belt, alternator, parasite drain, bad diode etc), they will charge you extra for a new battery. At Canadian Tire or my favourite, Walmart.. they really don't care.
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If it is a loose belt, alternator, parasite drain, bad diode, shouldnt everything be covered under warranty?
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Whether it is warranty or not, it depends on what is on the car and what is the issue, if the car is bone stock, then you have a good chance. But since it is electrical, it covers a whole lot of things, if you have aftermarket items like alarms, bluetooth, beam cannons, fog lights etc etc.. they can easily invalidate the warranty.
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its a 2008 g35x, the only mod i did is LEDs like a year ago or more. Ive had the car for 1.5 years. LEDs i can switch back to OEM. and its unlikely that they can drain a whole battery?
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Why do you say battery cost $70-100 at crappy tire? i mean you look up the battery size you currently have, then look it up on their website.. no need to pussy foot around. If you don't know your battery size, you should take the car into the dealership or one of Revscene sponsors for them to diagnose for you.
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because Canadian Tire carry more than 1 size 35 batteries that range in price.
And i know alot of people say Canadian tire = cambodian, crappy tire etc but they have the best warranty for batterys. 3 YEARS FREE replacement. Even costco cant offer 3 years free replacement.
After doing some more research I have found a possible solution.
Any Infiniti mechanics here?
Its possible that my car is using a
Old style Vent Control Valve P/N 14935-AM60B
and a TSB has been made to replace with a newer model.
Although it is not said on the TSB, some people on 6MT/G37 forums mentioned that the VCV causes some powerdrainage, and when they had gotten this TSB, their battery problem was fixed.
Someone else mentioned that the g35 uses a alternator that sometimes does not charge until the car has been driven over a certain distance. (to save gas or something)