W2R
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Where I live it's really, really cold in winter. I had to replace my Honda battery after 12 years.
Wow!!! That's wonderful.
I don't think the weather in NO is much different than that here in Texas and I have never had to replace a battery in my Toyotas early. They last a good four years. I don't think its the climate. You just got a bad battery or something else with your car. By the way, I thought it wasn't in the recall?
I guess that depends on where in Texas - - I love having an average 60"/year of rain, whereas in College Station we only had about half that, for example. I never heard of anybody in College Station having trouble with Toyota stock batteries either when I lived there. So far, I am 2/2 with Toyota batteries dying young here and 2/2 with high quality batteries lasting over 5 years here. But then, hey, what would I know about any of this? Message boards are for people to disagree and wrangle (with civility, naturally) about even the simplest things.
You're right, it wasn't in the first recall, and in fact even the Toyota service rep I spoke with today (the paperwork guy, not the mechanic) thought it wasn't in the recall either until I told him I got the notice. It was in a later recall which I guess included fewer fixes. I took it in at 11:45, and they called me saying it was done at around 2:00 or so, and I guess that's why they were able to do all that so fast.
Thank goodness they didn't have to replace the carpet, since it was upgraded and already firmly bonded to the floor. There was a software update I think, and supposedly they re-shaped the accelerator pedal (which if my recollection is correct doesn't come closer than 3"-4" or so from the carpet anyway, but ok). The pedal felt the same to me so it must have been a subtle change.