What other forum?

 

there are other forums ??!!?!?!?!

dunno about that one.....

 

The Optima Yellow Top has a GEL electrolyte, shouldn't 'spill'.
There are a flood of happy Yellow Top owners on ClubLexus. There are always going to be a few exceptions, even with a quality product. I'm surprised that Optima won't help you out, since they probably don't get many returns or problems.
I would NOT judge this product by this one experience.

 

I just bought my yellow top battery yesterday ,and replaced with the gold one from sears not that was not working but my stereo demands a lot power to stay at 14.0 to be at to 2ohms and it make alittle differsnt .so wish me luck ..p.s talk to my freind from lexus and he say most of the batterries he sees on the Lexus car is the yellow top optima.

 

We're an Optima dealer and have had very good experiences with them, I use a D34 Blue Top Marine and i'm very happy with it. We have had some warranty claims, but nothing excessive, they are batteries after all.

 

I've had great success with my Optima Red Top for 2 years now (sitting idle all winter in storage too whereas the conventional battery died each winter)... so I couldn't be happier with it!!!!

 

Using the red top for the last 4 years...exceptional battery. But, that's my experience only...

Percy

 

Ive used the Optima Yellow top on my durango for 3 years and just installed one in my GS. Absolutely no problems and wouldnt buy a different battery. You should speak to a supervisor and Im sure they will resolve the issue for you.

 

I agree with both tggoodrich and engin_ear... EVERYTHING will have problem now and again... Have you not ever went out to a place to eat and ever not gotten bad food that didn't taste the same as the first 50 times you ate there.. Or also that is saying 100 people who have lexi have had no problem and 1 person got a lemon or have had to put some money into it because something needed fix and saying well 1 out of 100 people have had a major issue with a Lexus I don’t think I will get one now….. You need to look at the over all picture and break it down in to %'s if the odd are in your favor rather then against it then why not go with it, if that was what you were looking at.... Like some one stated about 1 Lexus out of 5 having problem vs. 1 hummer H2 having 5 problems... All comes down to not rushing into things and doing your home work….

Just my 2cents
Shawn

 

My Walmart brand, "Everstart" is holding up very well. hehehe

 

I've had my yellow Optima Battery for over 2 years and I've had no problem. I have a Punch 1500 for my sub woofers and a punch 500 for my mids and highs. that's over 2000 watts and the battery is still good. I guess you got the one in a million messed up ones.

 

I've got an Optima orange top (red top w/ reversed poles) and it preforms great! It's like 960 CA and 780 CCA. I drained it twice trying to get home and to the shop when my alternator went bad and it still performs like new! Oh, they're a cell design, but I don't know if they're acid free.... maybe though.

 

Any battery can spill acid and spilled battery acid does suck. While I was pulling the NAPA battery out of GS the other day to use in my SC (doesn't work, BTW b/c of reversed terminals) the handle came loose and the battery fell on my SC and took a chunk out of the bumper cover. The battery looked OK afterwards so I put it back in the GS. I bought a new Red Top Optima yesterday b/c the GS was cranking a little slow. When I went to install it I saw that the NAPA battery had been spewing electrolyte out of one of its vent caps. Now I need to repaint that area under the hood. Moral of the story - any brand of battery can screw up and don't carry a NAPA battery by the handle.

 

It's a gel acid which is wrapped around a spiral substrate of some sort. You can mount these upside down or shoot a bullet hole through them and they won't leak. At least that's what their claim is anyways.

Percy

 

I have had bad experiences with MANY Optimas. The Yellow top works great at first but will eventually fail within two years or NORMAL use. Their warranties suck, their support is retarded and their pricing is way too high.

The Exide Orbital Extreme is my new best friend. 18 months brand new replacement warranty no questions asked is a huge bonus. I have only had to warranty 1 but that was because my car sat for 2 months with the alarm on. My fault but they still replaced it. I would highly recommend this battery for anybody looking to upgrade.