So here is the story, This summer I put a brand new redtop Optima battery in up front with no problems with the ones hooked up in the trunk.... now I took everything out of the trunk (including disconnecting them from the front battery). So now the front battery is only hooked up to run the car, but every since I took the back batteries out. the front battery will not charge nor start the car. I tried hooking up different chargers and neither would do anything. One charger had the "trouble" light go on even. I left the other charger on overnight and still nothing. Any suggestions on where to start would be great!!! Thanks

 

Check all the connections to the battery. If you need to, try a different battery to see if the battery you have is actually dead.

 

the optima should have a warranty right? like nighthawk said, try another battery first, but my guess would be you dropped a cell so it's junk now. see if the alternator is charging it when running, if not, take it out and replace it.

we use optima YELLOW tops on some of our generators where i work, and we've had nothing but problems just like you've described. they will just all the sudden take a crap on you being almost new. now i don't know if they will do the same as the red tops, but due to my epxeriences with optimas, i will never buy one for my own vehicle. there's cheaper ones out there that perform just as well.

 

Do you have any aftermarket electronics on the car? Because aren't the redtop optima batteries not good for running a whole car that has full electronics? They are basically just for minimal, and weight reduction?

 

The optima is strictly for running the car and the batteries in the back are just for accesories so it should have no problems running the car what so ever.... Im taking it back in and I think it has a bad cell..... wouldnt be the first one Ive taken back!

 

Problem solved..... Battery would not hold a charge due to a bad cell inside. Going onto my third optima since april!!! Did Optima recently move to japan and start making there batteries there or what!?!

 

Sounds like you should go back to the stock acdelco :P

 

Pretty soon thats what is going to happen.... that one handled all the accesories well to!