![]() When I bought it, the car was 3 years old and had 70k miles. Once the battery will only hold a certain charge, it stops using stop/start. Based on my research, this is common for my car. *My stop/start system doesn’t work because my car thinks my battery isn’t charged enough to operate it. The remaining days of the shadetree mechanic continue to dwindle. I would bet that there are several other manufacturers that have a similar sensor that you need to reset when changing the battery these days. If I were to get a free battery from AAA, I would still have to take my car to the Volvo dealer to have the BMS reset. If I want a new battery to charge properly and the car to get the proper information from it, the car needs to be told I put a new battery in.* For my car, this HAS to be done with Volvo specific hardware and software that AAA and most mechanics will not have. The car uses this sensor to charge the battery differently based on how old it is and how many times it has cycled. My 2015 Volvo has a Battery Monitoring Sensor (BMS). This comment is relevant to the topic, but may or may not be relevant to the question posed by the OP.įor those of you with newer cars wondering if this is a good idea, here is something to keep in mind. By the way, AAA sends me a “once in a lifetime” renewal offer for $19/year about once a week.īut I digress … if you can cover all those cars with one membership, then yeah. I mean TripTik … that’s still a thing? And AARP gets you almost the same discounts for a lot less money (I pay $5/yr for AARP). Personally, I dropped AAA coverage a couple years ago after figuring out that many of their benefits are obsolete. And all of those are covered by one AAA membership? You are indeed in a special situation here that none of us could advise on, I think. If you are replacing 4-6 batteries a year, then you must have two or three dozen automobiles. But you mean American Automobile Association. Anyone else have this benefit and was there any catch?Īt first this threw me because I was wondering why you’d want to pay $8 for a size AAA battery. I probably buy 4-6 batteries a year (usually used from a junkyard) for all the cars I deal with) so this seems like a no brainer. Ready to renew my Premier membership and for $8 more it says you get one free new battery a year if your old one tests bad on a service call.
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