Out of town and the Battery up and died. 19,000 miles and on the road for 23 months. Jumped and got it to AutoZone since it was a Sunday. 20 minutes and $ 150.00 later back on the road.

Seems pretty early for a battery to quit like that but, I doubt in will get any relief from Lincoln.

 

Depends on who the manufacture was, I went through a bad batch of batteries last year here.
My 95 f 150 had only had 400 miles on it for that time period, and the battery was 6 months old.
The other was my 02 diesel, and both batteries failed, both were less than 3 months old.
All 3 batteries were purchased from the same store
The excuse was the cells had migrated inside.

The warranty did cover it eventually, on all 3 batteries, but it was a battle

 

OEM Motorcraft battery. Born with it.

 

Mine were Motorcraft replacement
Did you keep the battery, or did you turn it in for a core?
I would take it to the dealer ( if you kept it ) and give it a shot, Quite possible they will pro rate it, then you can decide whether or not it is more economical to return the one you just bought, or just keep what you have.

 

Since it was Sunday I took pictures and left the core there. $ 18.00 core charge now days.

It may take more of an investment to chase a pro-rate down than it is worth. I will get to the dealer this week and see if they will help with the action.

As we speak, they are trying to make an attractive enough offer to early term my lease (13 months left on it) for an new 2015 Nav. They have 82 on the lot. So far, I am not biting. They haven't even hit the 20% discount from list yet and they need to be around 23% for me to move. I am on my second Lincoln but, told them that if I take this unit to term there is a very good chance that I will not return to Lincoln. BTW, they initiated the opportunity to early term.

I doubt we will find a common price ground. Besides, the Lease Manager is a jerk and is more interested in hearing what he is saying than what I am saying. Didn't even price out the vehicle I was interested in and didn't bother writing down my cell # after I told him that was the way to contact me...then questioned why I did not get back to him on a couple of questions he had....Naturally, those kind of mistakes come with a price.

 

I'm finding that none of the battery's are lasting that long lately, I used to get 7-8 years out of one, now you're lucky to get 2.

 

I got 12 years out of the original Motorcraft batteries in the 02 diesel
I didn't have a battery tender on them, but did start the truck every week.
the truck currently has 29,000 miles on it
As stated above, the replacement batteries were a big disappointment

My 04 Pete is on year 11 on it's batteries, and as far as I can tell, this winter it will be time for 3 new ones.
Not sure what's going back in, but it's not going to be Motorcraft this time

 

It gets frustrating because they don't give them away, when they generally fail it's usually when you need to get somewhere in a hurry.

 

I put the battery in my 78 back in 09 . Still going . I have put two in my 04 mounty in the same time frame , one just a few months back .
Newer vehicles , and all the electrics they have , put a higher demand on the batteries today .
I worked at a parts store in the 90's . We had a full pallet of bad New batteries at one point .We had to test all batteries before we sold them !
I still see bad runs of batteries from time to time at our shop .

 

For all of the advancements in batteries you would think they could do a better job. Especially in a, so called, luxury brand.

I think I am going to stick my toe in the water and take a look at the BIG THREE Trucks. But I am seeing more and more Tundra trucks around here, I just can't wrap my arms around them...even though they are built Texas Tuff...

The Ford F150 Platinum and GMC Denali both are every bit "luxury" as the Navigator.

 

My '15 450 platinum is nicer than my 97 Town car.

 

Well, I am going to wait to get closer to end of term before I do anything. Apparently, the Lincoln early term would forgive remaining 13 months payments and trade out even on residual value, which is cool. But, the dealer isn't working to damned hard on the new 2015 Nav. We are about $ 2,000 apart so I will just keep it and get out of the Lincoln business. Plus, I just found out that the 2015 Navs require Premium fuel...

....Really?

 

On the battery deal, my 13 Eco radio message kept coming up to turn off the radio due to low voltage. Funny thing is I have an Edge monitor and see the voltage all the time. I took the truck my Pro-Tron dealer I've used for years and he checked it out... He told me I didn't drive enough and to put a 6 amp or so charger on the battery for 8 hours... I did and he was right the problem went away. The 2 batteries in my 04 diesel lasted 6 years and I did the change before a trip. Good luck