Which Manufacturer Makes The Most Reliable Car Battery?

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I wouldn't recommend Optima at all. Our shop was sponsored by Optima and we had nothing but problems with the red tops. They gave us 5 batteries , 3 of them had to be returned because they had bad cells in them and couldn't keep a charge. The shop i work next to right now has had similar experiences.

Interstate has never let us down though.

I've never used them; just going by stuff I've read on car forums. Most of the recommendations I've seen have been for the Yellowtop over the Redtop. I don't know if that would have made a difference in your case. They are expensive batteries, in any case.

I had some problems with the last Interstate and they are well over $100 around here so switched to Kirkland, though we went with a Honda battery when my wife's CR-V needed one. It wasn't any more expensive than an aftermarket battery and was guaranteed to fit perfectly (really tight battery location). We got six years out of the first one.