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#2016 equinox battery replacement drivers
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The vapors that are naturally omitted from the battery have no place to go, therefore leading to a guaranteed corrosion build-up and failure of the battery and it's cables/terminals. On top of this cover is the ECM (a very strange place to put it.heat/temperature issues/built-in obsolescence) that overlaps the battery and the plastic cover with three large cables attached to that. When you look at the enclosed pictures you see that battery is covered with a large black plastic cover.
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The battery area on our 2013 Chevrolet Equinox has what I believe to be a design flaw that directly causes the battery vapors omitted from the battery to corrode and lead to a direct failure of the battery cable terminals (which obviously are only available from the dealer.
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#2016 equinox battery replacement plus
IF the battery explodes for whatever reason because you don't see the corrosion build up or if your alternator is putting out too much amps and it causes the battery to expand and it blows up not only do you lose a battery and one hell of a mess but potentially an entire computer system to your car which in turn instead of being just a simple battery replacement is now a $2000 plus job because you have to replace the entire ECU. Their are no maintenance guidelines when it comes to batteries as such unless you want to spend nearly $100 dollars just to get a dealer technician to look at your battery because it requires over an hour to mess with. This is by far one of the WORST cars I have had to deal with when it comes to just changing the battery or being able to see that my battery had that much corrosion built up on it.
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I may be able to salvage battery but with that much corrosion more than likely not. Cleaned off corrosion only to find that the positive terminals on battery were completely gone. Took off the entire box setup above battery which is crazy how it sits on top of the battery but it also covers any possible issues you have in seeing any corrosion build up on top of the battery.