My car automobile saga continues, as when I was at the Dealer, they did a load test on the battery (not requested) and told me it failed, battery was 4 yrs old.
I told them I didn't want to replace it as I had no issues. (I also had a battery I bought late last year for free in the kitchen).
So while I had been waiting for warm weather, this convinced me to change out the battery with my new one.
So I did, and nearly had a heart attack, for when I started up the Van, it started right away, then displayed message "Check Power Steering, Battery Failure" or something like that, then the car shut off.
I had that panicky feeling, and even wondered did I hook it up backwards ??
I checked the posts, and all was fine.
Turned the key on part-way and looked at the screen, no bad news , started the van, it started, no messages.
Turned on the radio - it didn't lose any stations, so I guess I didn't need to write them down.
I drove it around the block, and all is fine.
Then I put my 4 yr old battery in DW's car as she had a 7yr 4 month old battery in hers that has completely died about 4 times (due to long absences).