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#2 of 15 Anyone, please? by donethat Nov 02, 2006 (11:41 am)
I need a new battery and took my 2004 Aztek to Wal-Mart. They wouldn't do it because the battery is below the electrical box. If I take it to the dealership, they want $150 for the battery and installation. What has anyone else done? Is there a way to remove the battery without hurting the electrical box? Thank you! Karen Replies to this message: ray80 (Nov 03, 2006 7:45 am) donethat (Nov 03, 2006 11:59 am) wzup123 (Oct 23, 2007 11:12 am) ray80 (Oct 23, 2007 11:33 am) herrmanc (Jan 20, 2009 6:30 pm)
#3 of 15 Re: Anyone, please? [donethat] by ray80 Nov 03, 2006 (7:45 am)
Replying to: donethat (Nov 02, 2006 11:41 am) Sounds like it is not a real easy task, but can be done. Here is what another owner did (differs slightly then whats in owners manual):  First remove battery cables (as always negative one first and last to be connected) Now you will need to remove the diagonal brace/bar that crosses over the battery, there is nothing to remove from the bottom of the underhood relay center, believe it or not, but that relay center does not rest on that bar, it just sits above it. look towards the backside of the underhood relay center and you will see two 10mm bolts that secure one end of that bar to the top of the strut tower, remove those bolts. Now look towards the front of the engine bay where the other end of that bar is and remove the two 13mm bolts that sucure it to the radiator core support... Now simply pull that bar towards the front of the engine bay while angling it out towards the center of the bay to enable it to slide out from under the relay center... Now that the bar is out of the way, look at the base of the battery on the backside, adjacent to the windshield washer bottle and notice the black plastic wedge shaped block that secures the battery to the battery tray, remove the 9/16" bolt in the center of the block and lift the battery from the tray... Installation of the new battery is the exact opposite of the removal steps...   You should not have to remove fuse box, but you may have to finagle things around a bit (tight quarters), and you might want to have a bottle of iodine for any cuts and scrapes that occur Replies to this message: donethat (Nov 03, 2006 11:59 am)
#4 of 15 Re: Anyone, please? [ray80] by donethat Nov 03, 2006 (11:59 am)
Replying to: ray80 (Nov 03, 2006 7:45 am) Thank you so very much! I have printed this out and will take it to Sears with me. God bless you!
#5 of 15 Walmart installed my battery no issue (2001) by waymoresblues Nov 12, 2006 (2:48 pm)
Not sure if the design is the same though.
#6 of 15 ok thanks by donethat Nov 12, 2006 (6:15 pm)
I took it to Sears and they did it. Thanks for everyone's help!
#7 of 15 Jump start by punkykid3 Feb 01, 2007 (4:21 am)
I just purchased a 2003 Aztek from a buick dealership. A week after the battery went dead. It had to be jump started but not with the battery terminals. I'm not sure what my boyfriend put the battery cables on to get it started but my question is where do you put the jumper cables to jump an Aztek being the terminals are in such a bad spot? The dealership did replace the battery free of charge. Replies to this message: ray80 (Feb 01, 2007 4:28 am) punkykid3 (Feb 01, 2007 4:36 am)
#8 of 15 Re: Jump start [punkykid3] by ray80 Feb 01, 2007 (4:28 am)
Replying to: punkykid3 (Feb 01, 2007 4:21 am) Hhmm the longer I have a vehicle, the more things I forget about them. For the positive (red) cable, I think there may be an easy accessible terminal, most likely covered with red plastic cover in general area of battery. The negative cable can be attached on any grounded metal part. I will look it up in manual when I get a chance.   I did look it up, the connection for + (red) cable is under the tethered cap at front of underhood fuse box Replies to this message: punkykid3 (Feb 01, 2007 4:36 am)
#9 of 15 Re: Jump start [ray80] by punkykid3 Feb 01, 2007 (4:36 am)
Replying to: ray80 (Feb 01, 2007 4:28 am) Thanks. I did not get an owners manual with my Aztek. The dealership has ordered one. After having the battery replaced I had a problem with the engine racing at 3.5 rpms. Dealership towed it and had it all day Monday. I picked it up late in the day and drove it home after their explanation of the computer resetting itself after the battery failure. Made it home and had it towed back because of the racing engine problem. Got it back yesterday finally after they replaced a computer module. Hopefully we are done with the problems.
#10 of 15 Re: Anyone, please? [donethat] by wzup123 Oct 23, 2007 (11:12 am)
Replying to: donethat (Nov 02, 2006 11:41 am) I went to walmart to have battery replaced. They couldn't get it out because the bolt holding down spins around and will not come out. They said there is no way to get at the nust attached under the bolt to remove it. Any ideas? Replies to this message: ray80 (Oct 23, 2007 11:33 am) herrmanc (Jan 20, 2009 6:30 pm)

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