A good friend of mine brought home a new Hummer H3. He got a fantastic deal on it from the dealer and was as pleased as pie, until three days later the H3 wouldn't start with a dead battery. He took it back to the dealer and they analyzed it, and gave him a new battery for free under warranty. The analyzer said the AC Delco had a bad cell. Two months pass and the same thing happens, he tries to start the car and the battery is dead.
This time he took the car to Sears for an independent opinion and sure enough, the AC Delco battery checks out to have two bad cells. He replaced it with a Die Hard with higher cranking amps and capacity and voila, no more problems. I too had the same problem with my Hummer H2. Put the key in and the battery was dead. On an H2 you can't remove the key when the battery is dead - lesson learned!
I have my own battery analyzer and sure enough, it gave me the DC1 code, which means one dead cell. Being a machinery and car maniac I immediately purchased, the ultimate in batteries, an optima yellow top with more reserve and cranking power. Hummer makes a great rugged product, but the batteries have been a weak spot for several years.
http://www.optimabatteries.com/home.php
Optimas are expensive, ($249.00 for an H2 optima yellow top) but they last years and years and can take an offroad pounding like no other. The peace of mind they offer is second to no other battery. I had an Optima yellow top in an older 4 X 4 and it was going strong when I traded it in, 7 years after putting the battery in.
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