SteveTB03 wrote:But why and how are people having problems with their optimas?? I've never had a problem with mine nor have I seen people firsthand have a problem.
I've left mine on while camping in the cold in vegas with headlights on, radio blasting, phones (3) charging for a little over 5 hours and it started my truck right up.
So I'm just curious to see how many people here have had problems with an optima firsthand or anything.
I know around here I've seen a few places that have remanufactured optimas (any color) for 85$ you know new innards old case.
"es sony guts"
I've heard that the yellow and blue top Optimas are apparently still good...
I ran a buddy's red top optima out of his show car, for a while, when I wasn't sure I was going to keep an S-10 Blazer I had... Ran it for a couple months, and it always cranked slow enough that I figured I had a starter going, because the battery read 12.5V when the vehicle was off... Put a new Duralast in it, and cranked fast... The red top was about a year old...
Mentioned that to the guys at the local Advanced Auto, and they said they have gotten quite a few red tops back since they went big-time and started getting made in Mexico... (though, as of a year or so ago, all Optimas are made in Mexico, so who knows...)
Mike