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No one is surprised when the owner of an old car “fights” with his battery problems. And it’s quite another matter when owners of brand new expensive “jeeps”
“Geliki”, “X” and “Escalades” used to serve as a fashionable banner of personal success, and even more so after the wild price increases in the car market and other events of the past year. That’s only on modern machines, “coolness” often has a rather miserable “wrong side”. Becoming the owner of a car of this level, a person expects that the equipment will “serve” him at the highest level. The most important thing is to perform maintenance at the right time and in the right place. However, it often turns out that this is not enough. Since the manufacturer put unpleasant constructive “surprises” in the car that cannot be corrected by any maintenance. And in order to eliminate them, and then live in peace, you need to “collect” something in the car. raving? Nothing like this.
Consider, for example, an electrical system. Every modern premium car is packed with electronics. Dozens of control units for anything and everything are hidden in its body, its interior is cluttered with giant touchscreen monitors, there is a lot of heating and electric drives … Continuous consumers of energy. Cool! But there is a caveat: the battery.
Let’s take such a “pathetic life” as the latest generation Cadillac Escalade. Excellent unit, filled with electronics. But the owner must remember: it is impossible to leave the car stationary for a long time. I’ve been in the Maldives for a few weeks – then be ready to “light up” your “wheelbarrow” with a dead battery.
And in winter, after a few frosty nights on the street, you can find yourself with the “dead” Escalade in your arms. It’s all about the mass of electricity consumers in the car and an insufficiently large battery – only 80 Ah. He can’t handle it. And after several discharges “to zero” – it completely dies. By the way, a similar situation is observed among many “Chinese” who are now trying to climb up the premium segment in the Russian market.
Returning to Cadillac, we note that even before the well-known events of last spring, the American brand officially refused to consider battery problems as a warranty case. But Russian dealers offered (and now offer) frustrated Escalade owners to radically solve the problem in a “non-warranty” mode: “joke” an extra battery under the hood.
Together with the standard 80-amp battery, a gel battery of comparable capacity is installed – there is just enough space for it. It is structurally in the car, but the manufacturer decided to save on the battery. And the owners of pretentious SUVs have to buy an additional “battery” (for 25,000-45,000 rubles) and mount it in the engine compartment. So that you can use a car costing less than 20 million rubles without a headache …
“Geliki”, “X” and “Escalades” used to serve as a fashionable banner of personal success, and even more so after the wild price increases in the car market and other events of the past year. That’s only on modern machines, “coolness” often has a rather miserable “wrong side”. Becoming the owner of a car of this level, a person expects that the equipment will “serve” him at the highest level. The most important thing is to perform maintenance at the right time and in the right place. However, it often turns out that this is not enough. Since the manufacturer put unpleasant constructive “surprises” in the car that cannot be corrected by any maintenance. And in order to eliminate them, and then live in peace, you need to “collect” something in the car. raving? Nothing like this.
Consider, for example, an electrical system. Every modern premium car is packed with electronics. Dozens of control units for anything and everything are hidden in its body, its interior is cluttered with giant touchscreen monitors, there is a lot of heating and electric drives … Continuous consumers of energy. Cool! But there is a caveat: the battery.
Let’s take such a “pathetic life” as the latest generation Cadillac Escalade. Excellent unit, filled with electronics. But the owner must remember: it is impossible to leave the car stationary for a long time. I’ve been in the Maldives for a few weeks – then be ready to “light up” your “wheelbarrow” with a dead battery.
And in winter, after a few frosty nights on the street, you can find yourself with the “dead” Escalade in your arms. It’s all about the mass of electricity consumers in the car and an insufficiently large battery – only 80 Ah. He can’t handle it. And after several discharges “to zero” – it completely dies. By the way, a similar situation is observed among many “Chinese” who are now trying to climb up the premium segment in the Russian market.
Returning to Cadillac, we note that even before the well-known events of last spring, the American brand officially refused to consider battery problems as a warranty case. But Russian dealers offered (and now offer) frustrated Escalade owners to radically solve the problem in a “non-warranty” mode: “joke” an extra battery under the hood.
Together with the standard 80-amp battery, a gel battery of comparable capacity is installed – there is just enough space for it. It is structurally in the car, but the manufacturer decided to save on the battery. And the owners of pretentious SUVs have to buy an additional “battery” (for 25,000-45,000 rubles) and mount it in the engine compartment. So that you can use a car costing less than 20 million rubles without a headache …
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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