mmitsch Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 My daughter 's 2016 Dodge Journey had a recall a couple of weeks ago to refresh the PCU. this past week she noticed a lot of warning lights appearing with the c neck engine light on today. I took it to the dealership and the found a lot of low voltage warnings in the ODBC memory and found the battery to be dead. A alternator was ok. I took the car to Wal-Mart and they had a 1 year battery with 525 CCA so I got that (they didn't carry any other in the size). What's the best battery for the Journey? guess they're hard to change so will probably try to keep this one a year. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanical-idiot Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Since you live in the Great Lakes region, you probably should get a battery with the highest cold cranking amps that you can. I would recommend that you get group size 86 which is about 590 CCA. You bought group size 25 which is only 525 CCA. The battery is not hard to change, it is just a bit of a pain in the arse. Youtube has videos on it. It is not rocket appliances! LOL! mechanical-idiot jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 bad thing is he is asking for advise after buying a cheap battery,just should have bought the best full 3 yr replacement battery instead, interstate batteries are good but $$$ jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Solstice Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 I have had good luck with batteries manufactured by East Penn. I sought them out after less than good results with Johnson Controls. Your MMV of course. As a side note...Johnson Controls sold their auto battery division to an investment group in May. 2late4u and jkeaton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramfrank Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 I got my battery from Sam's Club - there was nothing wrong with my battery except for the fact it was four and a half years old and they were having a big sale. So I paid less than $100, tax included installed. They sell Duracell automotive batteries which carry 3 year replacement warranties and are rated at the upper end of the range as CCA ratings go. jkeaton and 2late4u 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 bought mine from battery and bulbs,, Duracell as well was going to buy from Sams but this store was closer, my daughter just bought a 3 yr full warranty interstate battery from Costco for her 4 door jeep cost her around $ 100 she said jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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