battery life

[RobD]

What is the life expectancy of a "no maintenance" battery?Mine has "1995" written on it,so prob the original(1996)is failure imminent?

[dirtydog]

I wouldnt worry about it till it goes, then again if your feeling flush - splash out!

[Vagrant No2]

Toyota batterys tend to be the longest lasting batterys I have ever known . When I worked as a mechanic I would change most batterys with a life of 3-5 years , but the Toyota ones seemed to last up to 9- 12 years !

Do not know about the newer battery life of Toyota ones as not working on shop floor anymore .

[Rob]

Don't know about the 2nd gens but the 3rd gens often came with white Panasonic batteries. As Rick said, I've heard they often last 10 years depending on how well they've been treated. Mine still had one of the original Panasonics and a smaller Fuji in it til Jan this year. I swapped them for new Vartas though so they were both matched and in a known condition.

[TonyN]

My ex Shelleys original 93' 4Runner batt just died last week.

So you got 2 years left!

Funnily enough, one of Linda's died early this year, and her's is a 94', so it could be 'many a true work spoken in jest'.........