Reader’s Digest: ‘How Long Do Car Batteries Last?’
Several factors come into play.
By Jennifer McCaffery / Reader’s Digest
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Anyone who has ever found themselves stranded in a car that won’t start has surely wondered if there’s a definitive answer to how long car batteries last. The short answer? It depends.
Tom Piippo
“I’ve had some customers go 10 years without any problems,” says Thomas Piippo, mechanical division director for the Automotive Service Association and owner of Tri-County Motors in Rudyard, Michigan. “Yet other customers, their batteries only last three to five years.”
