Continental Batteries

[hhow55]

3 weeks ago i replaced the batteries in my truck, as part of my routine maintenance, that were in service for 4 years. 2 of the the new batteries installed, failed. The batteries i speak of are Continental. No more continental for me, strictly Interstate batteries, from now on.

[Rawze]

(10-28-2022 )hhow55 Wrote:  3 weeks ago i replaced the batteries in my truck, as part of my routine maintenance, that were in service for 4 years. 2 of the the new batteries installed, failed. The batteries i speak of are Continental. No more continental for me, strictly Interstate batteries, from now on.

continental, interstate... duracell, etc.etc.etc... all made in china..lol

[marek4792]

Some OEM brands aren't worth the name they bear either.

[SquareOne]

Yep, Ill be doing the same soon I'm sure.....I have 4 Napa Commercial batteries that seemed to have served me well.

What are you guys using?

[windowrattler]

So there aren't many different manufactures of batteries. Napa I believe are rebadged east penn batteries. Oreillys are mostly johnson control and east penn. We've been using Fleetrite batteries here which are east penn batteries.

[hhow55]

https://www.eastpennmanufacturing.com/about/facilities/

This is the company that makes Napa batteries. Looks like they manufacture here in USA

[hhow55]

(10-28-2022 )windowrattler Wrote:  So there aren't many different manufactures of batteries. Napa I believe are rebadged east penn batteries. Oreillys are mostly johnson control and east penn. We've been using Fleetrite batteries here which are east penn batteries.

Do you mean fleetpride?

[hhow55]

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/fle...p+31&pos=9

Made by East Penn.

[windowrattler]

Fleet rite is a Navistar subsidiary for aftermarket parts. Kind of like trp is part of Paccar.