From: "Barebones" Subject: Battery problem Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:30 PM
From: "ivan4741" To: "Ludmillia The Great" Subject: Re: Help! It's the old battery vs alternator question again. Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:19 PM
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ludmillia The Great" Newsgroups: alt.autos.kia Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:57 AM Subject: Help! It's the old battery vs alternator question again.
My 2001 Kia Sephia suddenly went dead a couple of years ago. Got a new
> battery. Car ran fine. On Friday, suddenly my battery was dead, as
> expected. They don't last forever. I should have noticed as it was
> getting harder to start the car the first time every day.
>
> I got a new battery on Friday and drove to several places. I drove the
> car on Saturday, it was fine. I didn't drive the car on Sunday. On
> Monday the new battery was dead.
>
> I'll take the car and battery back today, to make sure that Les Schwab
> didn't give me a bum battery, or that they made the proper connections. >
> My first question: don't they check to make sure the alternator is not
> the problem when you buy a new battery? The symptoms were the same as
> the last time my battery went dead, but I thought they would have > checked.
>
> My second question: I'm unfamiliar with car repair places in
> Sacramento, what to look for and what is a reasonable price if it is
> the alternator. With part and labor, what's the reasonable cost? >
> I'd appreciate your reply.
=== === Sears does a alternator check if they install the battery I stick with the Sears die hards have used them for years and just bought one for my 03 Sorento. If you buy a real Kia OEM alt. your looking at about $250 and after market one will be around $175. A lot depends where you live. I am sure Sears would help you in checking the Alt. before selling you the battery. Let me know if I was even close and how it turns out. Good Luck.