New-from-the-factory crossbred cars currently sold in the U.S. as usual carry an 8-year / 100,000-mile warranty on the hybrid battery.
During that period, if the artillery fails (which highly seldom happens), the cost to replace the freestyle is FREE. Covered by the warranty.
Just make sure you do not void the warranty past doing things suchlike ram the car, tamper with the system or assault it by doing matters like deep-discharging it.
If after 8 years your warranty expires and the artillery starts to fail, YOU DO NOT BUY A NEW MOBILE. That would Be the MOST STUPID thing you can do– Why chuck a brand-new $2500 traction artillery into an 8-year-old car? It’s just As foolish as buying a brand-new engine to put into an 8-year-old clunker.
Buy a refurbished battery for nigh on $600 or so, drive the car for a few more years, then get a new car.
Hope this helps.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:08 am
YMMD with that awsner! TX