Changed 12V battery in 2013 Hybrid

[homestead]

We changed 12V battery in my daughter's 2013 Hybrid this week.  Replacement was $199 at Ford dealer.  This was the cheapest price I found and cost less than non-ford solutions.

Old battery lasted 7 years.

Had a problem removing the plastic clamp on the bottom of the battery.  The bolt got loose but failed to fully remove.  Bolt was a little rusty and it was spinning the threaded nut under the plastic clamp.

Was able to reach under the car and grab onto the bottom of the threaded nut with pliers to keep it from spinning for full removal.

Previous battery was replaced in 2018 by ford dealer that offered a free install but unfortunately they over-tightened the nut on the Positive + clamp and that cracked the clamp body and it came apart

when I removed it.

Ford doesn't sell just the broken clamp part, they sell an assembly of the parts connected to it for $320.  However I was able to get a universal clamp at autozone for $10 that worked just fine.

After install charged the new battery fully and then ran the manual procedure to reset the battery age to 0.  That process worked and was able to the run the radio 10 min after turning the car off.

 

[Bill-N]

Excellent news.  Thank you.

 

Did you have any difficulty finding the replacement?  My sense is the that particular battery group is hard to find.

 

 

Cheers.

[homestead]

No trouble, Ford dealer had best price.  It was the last one they had in stock though with $18 core charge.

Autozone and O'reilly both had them too as an equivalent but looked like the same battery with different stickers.