I am having the Santa Fe alternator/battery problem that seems so prevalent.
Any magic words I need to drop to ensure that they replace the alternator
and installa larger battery and not just dump me off and defer the solution
to the next time?

 

look up the TSB for this issue, I'm sure there was at least 1 if not more

"LlamaLarry" <larry@brassringfarm.org> wrote in message
news:9d4b004ead73e1599b857eed15b43c82@unlimited.ul trafeed.com...
> I am having the Santa Fe alternator/battery problem that seems so
prevalent.
> Any magic words I need to drop to ensure that they replace the alternator
> and installa larger battery and not just dump me off and defer the
solution
> to the next time?
>
>

 

>I am having the Santa Fe alternator/battery problem that seems so prevalent.
>Any magic words I need to drop to ensure that they replace the alternator
>and installa larger battery and not just dump me off and defer the solution
>to the next time?

Do yourself a favor, and take it to a shop you trust, or do the work yourself,
if you're able. My Sante Fe's battery died just after its first year. When I
took it in, they replaced the battery, and some kind of 'fuse link' they said
was part of the scheduled maintenance. If they meant the fusable link, I've
never heard of one being on a maintenance schedule. All I wanted was a battery.
When I picked it up, the radio and interior lights didn't work. When I picked
it up the second time, they said the radio had been plugged into the wrong
place on the fuse block, and it blew a fuse (it's a factory radio). I noticed a
few days later that the rear-window defogger doesn't come on.
I should have replaced the battery myself.

 

I got my car back and thankfully everything seems to be working. They
switched out the battery but did not want to budge on the alternator and had
no explanation why the battery would die other than "sometimes you get a bad
one..."

--Larry

 

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:33:01 GMT, "LlamaLarry"
<larry@brassringfarm.org> wrote:

>I got my car back and thankfully everything seems to be working. They
>switched out the battery but did not want to budge on the alternator and had
>no explanation why the battery would die other than "sometimes you get a bad
>one..."
>
>--Larry
>
You do sometimes get bad batteries and sometimes bad electrical
systems can shorten the life of a battery. I had an oversized stereo
in my Mustang for years and the longest I ever had a battery last was
14 months. I started getting Sears Diehard Golds with a 2 year
replacement warranty. I figured this was my best bet for the
nationwide 2 year replacement warrenty. Problem was when the battery
died, I'd have to push start the car or jump it everytime until I
could get to a Sears store. They always wanted to check the entire
electrical system out before sticking another battery in the car. Of
course it always checked out good and I'd have to wait for hours while
they checked everything out and finally replaced the battery. I would
sometimes be charged for terminals or cleaning the battery tray or
something stupid for roughly $15 to maintain the warranty. At that
point I started buying whatever Walmart had. Decent warranty, I could
take just the battery in and pick up a new one at any Walmart, or
simply buy another one for $36. They lasted just as long as the Sears
batteries for $79 and it was much more convienent to swap out. That
stereo is now long gone (probably in someones elese car now as it was
stolen) and I havent had to replace my existing battery for almost 3
ears.

I don't really know what my point is here, just sharing a battery
story I guess...