Optima Batteries 8073-167 D51R YellowTop Dual Purpose Battery

My D51R went bad after a month. Optima says take it back to whom you purchased it from. I said Amazon, they said "oh no." Optima will not honor the 36 Month Warranty and Amazon said I'm stuck because I can't ship it back -it's hazardous material and it's beyond the 30 day return policy. "We are real sorry, but there's nothing we can do." So if you are going to buy a battery from Amazon you will be stuck without any remedy. Join the suckers club with me.

I also have a Honda (a Civic), and this battery died after 15 months !

I also bought it through Amazon, and the warranty's no good.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BATTERY ! There's a lot better & cheaper, too.

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Installed this battery ("R" means reverse polarity) in my 1992 Miata this morning and it fit well. It's maybe an inch taller than the Westco battery or OEM Panasonic battery, so I had to extend the threaded rod that holds the top bracket, but otherwise it went in easily and the polarity was correct. The car fired right up, so I'm happy so far. I'll post again if I have any problems.

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I bought this battery for my 2006 Acura TSX in July 2010 based on the rave reviews. It lasted 1 year and 10 months and that "wonderful" three month warranty is useless when purchased from Amazon (not Amazon's fault, but Optima's as they make you deal with the seller for replacement and you can't ship a battery back to them). When I took the battery in to Autozone to have it tested they said they see more dead Optima batteries than any other brand. They actually had two dead ones sitting behind the counter. I now have a new Duralast from them with 36 month free replacement warranty that I can actually use (walk in with the battery, walk out with the new one), an 8 year limited warranty, AND it was CHEAPER! Long story short, save your money and stay away from this "premium" battery. You aren't getting what you pay for.

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The description of this battery stated that it was made to fit Honda Civics specifically, which is the application that I wanted it for. The only problem is that the top is contoured in such a way that the top mounting bracket does not fit properly and a shim must be made so that the clamp will clamp and not slide back and forth and side to side.

I chose this battery over the Odyssey which had better cca for pole orientation. Optima kept the terminals on top so that my stock connectors could be used, with the Odyssey they would have to be modified.

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