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#3146 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [PatMatHat] by tenpin288 Mar 04, 2009 (7:31 pm)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 6:50 pm) Do you have an Autozone or similar near you? I just checked their website and they list a DuraLast battery, 24F-7H-DL, for your 2004 Elantra. It goes for $79.99 and $12 core charge. It has a 7yr warranty too! Check out NTB also. They list one for it.   FYI, they are the only one that lists one for that vintage Elantra. I checked Advance, Napa, and Interstate, so it is a difficult to find battery.
#3147 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [PatMatHat] by backy Mar 04, 2009 (7:33 pm)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 6:50 pm) There is the "old-fashioned way"--telephone. Try these places, whichever are near you:   Sears Auto Service Center Wal-mart (I think their batteries were just top-rated by CR) Batteries Plus Fleet Farm   I know there's others, but that's a start. Or just go to the dealer, plunk down your money, and it's done!
#3148 of 3260 by PatMatHat Mar 04, 2009 (7:44 pm)
Thank you very much, tenpin288 (btw. what does that name refer to... just curious ). I love having the battery numbers and code on hand!   Backy - you are right of course, but I'm one of those savages who relies on the web, and I abhor the telephone... kids these days And yes, plunking down the money at a dealer sounds very tempting - gotta do my part to stimulate the economy... stupid dollars at work   I changed batteries on my toyotas, no issues, and I guess I though it'd be the same with the Elantra. No biggie. Love it here, and thank you both very much! Replies to this message: tenpin288 (Mar 04, 2009 7:49 pm) PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 8:06 pm)
#3149 of 3260 Re: [PatMatHat] by tenpin288 Mar 04, 2009 (7:49 pm)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 7:44 pm) If you mean Duralast, it's their house brand. Replies to this message: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 8:06 pm)
#3150 of 3260 Re: [tenpin288] by PatMatHat Mar 04, 2009 (8:06 pm)
Replying to: tenpin288 (Mar 04, 2009 7:49 pm) "Duralast" sounds like something you'd get out of a vending machine in a restroom, but whatever, as long as it has the juice
#3151 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [PatMatHat] by jlflemmons Mar 04, 2009 (9:05 pm)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 6:50 pm) I have changed these out before, and don't recall it being any big deal. I do know Interstate makes a replacement, as that is what went into my '05. Replies to this message: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 9:20 pm) backy (Mar 05, 2009 8:55 am) jlflemmons (Mar 05, 2009 9:53 pm)
#3152 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [jlflemmons] by PatMatHat Mar 04, 2009 (9:20 pm)
Replying to: jlflemmons (Mar 04, 2009 9:05 pm) Thanks, jlflemmons, yeah, I saw somewhere a post to the effect that there's a special "lip" at the bottom of Hyundai compliant batteries, and that that's rare, and that Interstate Batteries does indeed make a model like that, so that seems to check out. However, as the other posters indicated, Sears, Autozone, etc. show having batteries that fit the Elantra, so who knows. Backy may be right - perhaps just pay the dealer and not have to stress over the idiotic battery Really, I hate proprietary parts Replies to this message: backy (Mar 05, 2009 8:55 am) jlflemmons (Mar 05, 2009 9:53 pm)
#3153 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [PatMatHat] by backy Mar 05, 2009 (8:55 am)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 9:20 pm) Since manufacturers other than Hyundai make a battery that fits the Elantra, it's not really accurate to say it's proprietary. A common size? Doesn't seem to be.
#3154 of 3260 Re: Battery for 2004 Elantra [PatMatHat] by jlflemmons Mar 05, 2009 (9:53 pm)
Replying to: PatMatHat (Mar 04, 2009 9:20 pm) The "lip" that is on the Elantra battery is actually found on most batteries these days. Every GM product I can think of uses that same lip to anchor to. Very few designs still use the over the top bracket. They tend to corrode.
#3155 of 3260 2003 Elantra GT by bucmasti Mar 28, 2009 (5:36 pm)
the light that shows which gear you are in next to the slelector lever does not illuminate. Any ideas as to why ? Replies to this message: backy (Mar 28, 2009 7:12 pm)

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