2006 Monte Carlo LTZ,
Silverstone Metallic.
3900 V6 engine.
14,515 miles.
Too many toys to mention.
Back seat never used by the owner. (front buckets hardly for that matter)
Tire still like new.
Oil changed whether it needed it or not.

Will trade for '57 Chevy in decent shape.

Think I posted this in the wrong board? Maybe................ Till you hear my monthly OnStar report said there was a problem with the car.

Keep in mind, the car always sets inside, UNDER a custom car cover.

I had numerous problems with the battery going dead till my local Chevy dealer FINALLY, and I mean FINALLY put in a new batter last fall. It's not the car's battery that there's a problem with this time. I keep it fully charged or....... I unhook the battery cables per the dealer's instructions.

Now............. OnStar says their battery is bad. But wait a minute. The dealer replaced that in 2007. How can it be bad already????????????????????

Aggrivating? Possibly.
Irritating? YES!

So tomorrow the dealer wants to see the car again. And there had better not be any charge to me cause my car IS still under the factory warranty.

So would this **** anyone else off? Replies?

 

 

so then are you selling her? i cant tell if its sarcasm because of the problem with the battery.......... if you are i hope you sell her and are happy with the sale.... if not im sorry for the battery...... mayby you should drive her more

 

I've never owned a car as new as this cae was then I bought it. (A 2006 in 2006)

I did buy a 1977 Dodge Diplomat in 1979 as my very first car with a car payment. Got it for $3,500 and 48,000 miles on it.

But it's very annoying to keep having to deal with battery problems with this car.

Okay the OnStar battery is a stand alone battery not connected with the car or it's charging system from what I can tell. But this will be the second time I've had to take the car in to have their battery replaced. This means more miles on the car driving back n forth to the dealership for yet another battery problem.

Last time I checked the owner's manual with my car, it doesn't state anywhere in there I must actually drive the car any or at any intervals? So the fact my car sets a lot should not be an issue.

I do know I will get this resolved before next wednesday. Because next month my factory warranty runs out.

The car isn't going in today though. It's raining.

 

 

There is definitely something with the 7th gens and batteries. I remember a number of people complaining about the battery in their 7th gen.

I'm sure you're familiar with them RJ, but with all the cars you have, I would invest in a couple Battery Tenders.

http://www.batterytender.com/

With all the battery problems, is their any wonder why people are less than enthusiastic about the Chevy Volt?

 

 

I could be wrong here guys but I'm pretty sure the OnStar battey is a stand along item not connected with the car's charging system.

I could charge the car all week for that matter and never affect the OnStar battery. It would still do whatever it did?



SPACE, thank you for remembering my B-day.
RJ

 

Well, I was wrong.

The OnStar battery IS connected with the car's charging system.

First question the service manager asked me when I got there, "Have you been driving the car much?"

I left the car, per his instructions. Went back home and waited on them to call me. At 2:40 my cell phone rings, it's the mamger. "Come get your car. We don't have the parts to fix it."

They knew this before they even got the car. Cause this is exactly what happened the fist time the OnStar battery went bad. OnStar keeps a close tab on the parts they have out. They only issue new parts as needed. So a lot of spare parts aren't laying around I guess? (have they ever checked ebay for their parts? I have)

So this means then the new battery comes in, more miles on my car driving to the dealer and back. (where's that beating the dead horse icon when you need it?)

I have half a notion to say screw it. Tell them to forget the replacement battery and contact OnStar to cancel my account.

It would save me wear & tear on my car.

 

Here it is.



Feel free to save it, copy and paste it, whatever.


As for the battery tender, I meant to save your car battery from being drained constantly. But I'm sure you knew that.

I hate when the dealership service department does that. It seems to be a company policy that when you leave your car there in the morning, they don't even think about looking at it until 3:00 in the afternoon. By that time, it's too late to get a part shipped the same day.