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RF_Burns
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On Tuesday Paula took the car to a meeting about 45 miles away. She then drove a few blocks and stopped at a store for about 15 minutes. When she went to start the car the battery was dead, not enough even to run the radio (it was clicking and making "weird" noises).
Told her to call CAA. The guy gave her the battery test printout and told her just go straight home, don't turn off the engine. He was considerate enough to see it was a fairly new premium battery and didn't try to sell her a new one on the spot.
Not too unusual you say.. but in 2005 I bought 2 new pickups and this car all on the same day. In 2009, all the batteries failed in the same way within a 3 month period... no warning just suddenly dead.
This battery that failed was a replacement for the original that failed the same way.
So that's the 4th battery in a row that has just suddenly failed without warning.
Is this just my bad luck or have others had similar failures?
Its almost like an internal connection fails. On the charger it only takes about an 1 Amp.
Anyway it was an Exide battery and Canadian Tire replaced it n/c. The others were Delcos.
My experience is that todays batteries seem to be prone to sudden failure.
Bruce Hislop
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #140879 is a reply to message #140866] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 09:00  |
Craig Lechowicz
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My memories may be foggy, but I swear in the old days, batteries failed more slowly with some warning signals along the way, like lights dimming at idle, slow cranking, or whatever. Over the last 5 years or so, it seems like every one I or my friends have had go bad went directly from what appeared to be "normal" operation one day, (or maybe even one hour) to flat out completely dead the next. I don't know enough about batteries to know why, but wonder if it is changes in alloying chemicals used in newer ones, or possibly ever greater under hood temperatures which are very hard on batteries.
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #140885 is a reply to message #140865] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 09:35 |
A Hamilto
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| RF_Burns wrote on Thu, 25 August 2011 07:19 |
On Tuesday Paula took the car to a meeting about 45 miles away. She then drove a few blocks and stopped at a store for about 15 minutes. When she went to start the car the battery was dead, not enough even to run the radio (it was clicking and making "weird" noises)....My experience is that todays batteries seem to be prone to sudden failure.
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When the battery in my wife's Ford Freestyle went, it did the same thing, luckily in the carport at home. A year or so before that all the lights would suddenly go out or the dash lights would do strange things, blinking like a string of Christmas tree lights, etc.
Some time after that, I found the battery ground cable connection at the body was corroded. Fixed that and the light problem went away. A few months later the battery died as you describe.
Bottom line: Check your battery connections to the frame, body, engine block, starter, etc. Also check alternator connections.
The bad connections might be taking a toll on the batteries, shortening their life expectancy.
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #140907 is a reply to message #140865] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 11:20 |
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| RF_Burns wrote on Thu, 25 August 2011 05:19 |
This battery that failed was a replacement for the original that failed the same way.
So that's the 4th battery in a row that has just suddenly failed without warning.
Is this just my bad luck or have others had similar failures?
Its almost like an internal connection fails. On the charger it only takes about an 1 Amp.
My experience is that todays batteries seem to be prone to sudden failure.
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Bruce: I had a similar failure on my Jeep tow vehicle in a very remote campground out of Riggins Idaho. I drove there, unhooked the trailer, went out on a very rough road for a ride. Came back, parked, and when I went to hook up to leave the next morning the jeep was dead, dead, dead. I had one helluva time to get it started as there was no one else around. Finally took the two 6 volt golf cart batteries out of the trailer and jury rigged a way to make them start the Jeep.
I am pretty sure the battery failed internally, that is the top post broke off the plates inside, somehow, on the very rough road. Once I got it started, it was a straight run with no shutdown to a place to buy a battery. BTW, all cables were tight, no corrosion etc. I know very well about the problems of bad connections. This was a battery failure, no questions about that.
I don't know if it is common now, but that is what happened to me.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #140910 is a reply to message #140865] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 11:47 |
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That is the way my last 5 batteries for various vehicles went out. They were working normally then o nothing. Any attempt to charge them was fruitless. In the old days batteries died a slow gradual death and you knew you needed to buy a new battery before you were stranded. Most of todays batteries seem to last much longer then one day nothing. I was fixing the A/C on my four runner yesterday and noticed the change date on the battery 2001.
I guess I need to spend $100 for a new one soon as I don't have road side assistance.
Roy
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #140913 is a reply to message #140865] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 11:57 |
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I too have had more than 1 battery die via the sudden failure mode. Including leaving me stranded if I didn't have a roadside assistance plan. If I get a chance I'll ask at the local battey place that actually sells rebuilt batteries what they know about this kind of failure. Also I concur that this is not how batteries used to fail. I suspect it is something to do with low/no maintenance batteries and also the cold cranking amps batteries wars (like tire wars LOL)
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #140924 is a reply to message #140879] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 13:08 |
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We had battery crater while I was inside a Pizza Hut
picking up a take-away order. Turned out that the
alternator had taken a sudden dump. Replaced the
alternator and with a jump start got going again.
Had charging system warning light for several days
and was afraid that the battery was toasted.
I put an "Xtreme Charge" pulse charger on the battery
for about 24 hours plus and didn't drive the car.
All seems to be okay now. I have serveral other bats
that had been taken out of service; seemed weak. It
appears that the "pulser" has given them new life!
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> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure
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> My memories may be foggy, but I swear in the old days, batteries failed more slowly with some warning signals along the way, like lights dimming at idle, slow cranking, or whatever. Over the last 5 years or so, it seems like every one I or my friends have had go bad went directly from what appeared to be "normal" operation one day, (or maybe even one hour) to flat out completely dead the next. I don't know enough about batteries to know why, but wonder if it is changes in alloying chemicals used in newer ones, or possibly ever greater under hood temperatures which are very hard on batteries.
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> Craig Lechowicz
> '77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #140941 is a reply to message #140924] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 14:49 |
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I am of the (unscientifically supported) opinion that today's batteries die from underhood heat, rather more than age or charge - discharge cycles.
We use BIG batteries on ur gensets, run them on maintenance chargers, and replace thek every two to three yeas as a matter of PM. The takeuts work well in RVs as huse batteries. But, as soon as we hear a slow starter spin, out come he batteries in favor of new. They don't run hot, and consequently act like batteries should act as they near the end of their useful life.
--johnny
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From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6:08 PM
We had battery crater while I was inside a Pizza Hut
picking up a take-away order. Turned out that the
alternator had taken a sudden dump. Replaced the
alternator and with a jump start got going again.
Had charging system warning light for several days
and was afraid that the battery was toasted.
I put an "Xtreme Charge" pulse charger on the battery
for about 24 hours plus and didn't drive the car.
All seems to be okay now. I have serveral other bats
that had been taken out of service; seemed weak. It
appears that the "pulser" has given them new life!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~~ ~ D C "Mac" Macdonald ~ ~~
~ ~ Amateur Radio - K2GKK ~ ~
~ ~ USAF and FAA, Retired ~ ~
~ ~ ~ Oklahoma City, OK ~ ~ ~
~~ ~ ~ "The Money Pit" ~ ~ ~~
~~ ~ ~ (TZE166V101966) ~ ~ ~~
~ ~ ~ ex-Palm Beach, 76 ~ ~ ~
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~ www.gmcmhphotos.com/okclb ~
p.s. Brother has a house on Lakewood Dr in Waterford.
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> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure
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> My memories may be foggy, but I swear in the old days, batteries failed more slowly with some warning signals along the way, like lights dimming at idle, slow cranking, or whatever. Over the last 5 years or so, it seems like every one I or my friends have had go bad went directly from what appeared to be "normal" operation one day, (or maybe even one hour) to flat out completely dead the next. I don't know enough about batteries to know why, but wonder if it is changes in alloying chemicals used in newer ones, or possibly ever greater under hood temperatures which are very hard on batteries.
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> Craig Lechowicz
> '77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #140977 is a reply to message #140910] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 20:20 |
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If you're driving your GMC at all, I'd strongly encourage you to sign up
with SOME road service. Towing of a GMC can be VERY expensive. One short
tow will cost more than many years of $100 or so per year -- and you'll be
covered for battery failures, flat tires, out of gas, locked out, etc., for
all the vehicles you drive.
JMHO,
Ken H.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:47 PM, <roy@gmcnet.org> wrote:
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I guess I need to spend $100 for a new one soon as I don't have road side
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #140983 is a reply to message #140977] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 20:39 |
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Great idea Ken. I would like to add from personal experience that Good Sam has very good service. I had an incident years ago with a 36' diesel pusher getting stuck in an intersection. I first called AAA who didn't have a clue what to do and said they would have someone contact me within the hour. I remembered I had just signed up with Good Sam and called them. The first thing the operator asked me was were we in any danger. I explained we were stopped in a busy intersection and blocking traffic. She said "hold on a minute", when she got back on the line she said she had the local police coming to handle traffic. Then she got a tow operator, who had experience with diesels, to come out and rescue us. I will never leave home without it.
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Ken Henderson wrote:
> If you're driving your GMC at all, I'd strongly encourage you to sign up
> with SOME road service. Towing of a GMC can be VERY expensive. One short
> tow will cost more than many years of $100 or so per year -- and you'll be
> covered for battery failures, flat tires, out of gas, locked out, etc., for
> all the vehicles you drive.
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> JMHO,
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> Ken H.
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> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:47 PM, <roy@gmcnet.org> wrote:
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> I guess I need to spend $100 for a new one soon as I don't have road side
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141003 is a reply to message #140977] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 21:37 |
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Ken,
We discussed this awhile back and I put together a summary of comments that everybody made regarding the various companies they used
for roadside assistance.
I've searched my folders and I'm dammed if I can find it.
Anybody got a copy they can post?
Regards,
Rob M.
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From: Of Ken Henderson
If you're driving your GMC at all, I'd strongly encourage you to sign up
with SOME road service. Towing of a GMC can be VERY expensive. One short
tow will cost more than many years of $100 or so per year -- and you'll be
covered for battery failures, flat tires, out of gas, locked out, etc., for
all the vehicles you drive.
JMHO,
Ken H.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141008 is a reply to message #141003] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 22:00 |
Ken Henderson
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Yeah, but I ain't tellin'!
Instead, it's time for everyone to take advantage of the archive Bdub's
having Google keep for us:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gmcnet-archive
Enter a search phrase something like "roadside service summary" and you'll
quickly find Rob's summary of our comments about roadside services.
I know, I'm a stinker.
Ken H.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>wrote:
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> We discussed this awhile back and I put together a summary of comments that
> everybody made regarding the various companies they used
> for roadside assistance.
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> I've searched my folders and I'm dammed if I can find it.
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> Anybody got a copy they can post?
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141018 is a reply to message #141008] |
Thu, 25 August 2011 23:01 |
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Ken,
Touché'! ;-)
You were right, I found it!
I've created a Favorite for this search function so when my CRS plays up I can find messages.
Regards,
Rob "still to bloody stubborn to change" M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Henderson
Yeah, but I ain't tellin'!
Instead, it's time for everyone to take advantage of the archive Bdub's
having Google keep for us:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gmcnet-archive
Enter a search phrase something like "roadside service summary" and you'll
quickly find Rob's summary of our comments about roadside services.
I know, I'm a stinker.
Ken H.
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| Re: Sudden battery failure [message #141065 is a reply to message #140865] |
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BATTERY FAILURE
The worst thing that can happen is a battery failure.
When I had a new 76 Chev Caprice Classic it had one of the HD Delco batteries. I would get about a year out of it and it would stop charging and somewhere I would end up stranded. The first time I assumed the car had a problem and had the systems checked. The alternator was weak so we had that replaced. Put another DELCO battery in because I tend to stay with name brands.
One year or so later, I was stranded once again, dead battery. The mechanic remembered the previous failure and tried to get DELCO to warrentee the battery and they refused saying it was normal wear and engine specifics may have caused the failure. Once again I ate the bill and replaced the battery with the same type DELCO.
A year later the battery failed again. Again Delco refused warrentee so I put in a different brand and never had another problem.
This problem seemed to be related to only one type of DELCO battery and the mechanic told me he had another one come in with the same problem.
I can only suggest to make sure your charging system is operating properly and that you have no drain on the battery when the car is not running. Make sure your water levels in the cells is where they should be and voltages are correct.
Unfortunately, by my experience, these things happen and if the manufacturer is not aware of the problem, or not acknowledging a problem, you are on you own.
Good luck
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141068 is a reply to message #141065] |
Fri, 26 August 2011 11:46 |
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Interesting. I had a Delco battery start to fail in a 92 Buick in 02. Usual symptoms, crank slow on cool mornings, ignored them & then the alternator spiked & took out the ignition module. Result, new alternator, ignition module & battery-$400. It's been my experiance that if your motor starts easy a battery will last at least 6 years. My 93 Yukon is on it's 3rd battery & 120,000 mi.
Norm
BATTERY FAILURE
The worst thing that can happen is a battery failure.
When I had a new 76 Chev Caprice Classic it had one of the HD Delco batteries. I would get about a year out of it and it would stop charging and somewhere I would end up stranded. The first time I assumed the car had a problem and had the systems checked. The alternator was weak so we had that replaced. Put another DELCO battery in because I tend to stay with name brands.
One year or so later, I was stranded once again, dead battery. The mechanic remembered the previous failure and tried to get DELCO to warrentee the battery and they refused saying it was normal wear and engine specifics may have caused the failure. Once again I ate the bill and replaced the battery with the same type DELCO.
A year later the battery failed again. Again Delco refused warrentee so I put in a different brand and never had another problem.
This problem seemed to be related to only one type of DELCO battery and the mechanic told me he had another one come in with the same problem.
I can only suggest to make sure your charging system is operating properly and that you have no drain on the battery when the car is not running. Make sure your water levels in the cells is where they should be and voltages are correct.
Unfortunately, by my experience, these things happen and if the manufacturer is not aware of the problem, or not acknowledging a problem, you are on you own.
Good luck
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141073 is a reply to message #141068] |
Fri, 26 August 2011 12:08 |
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Just replaced the OEM battery in my 2003 PT Cruiser. The radio started to
lose preset stations. I wondered WTH and suspected the radio. One morning,
with no previous warning, it just went click. Stone cold dead. Bought the
car in late 2002. Nine years on a OEM battery ain't bad. Just my experience.
I always buy Trojans for the MH, & Sears Die Hards for everything else. We
don't have the bitter cold weather here in Oregon & I think that contributes
to long battery life as well.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Norm Bowker <bowks43@rogers.com> wrote:
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> Interesting. I had a Delco battery start to fail in a 92 Buick in 02. Usual
> symptoms, crank slow on cool mornings, ignored them & then the alternator
> spiked & took out the ignition module. Result, new alternator, ignition
> module & battery-$400. It's been my experiance that if your motor starts
> easy a battery will last at least 6 years. My 93 Yukon is on it's 3rd
> battery & 120,000 mi.
> Norm
>
> BATTERY FAILURE
>
> The worst thing that can happen is a battery failure.
> When I had a new 76 Chev Caprice Classic it had one of the HD Delco
> batteries. I would get about a year out of it and it would stop charging
> and somewhere I would end up stranded. The first time I assumed the car had
> a problem and had the systems checked. The alternator was weak so we had
> that replaced. Put another DELCO battery in because I tend to stay with
> name brands.
>
> One year or so later, I was stranded once again, dead battery. The
> mechanic remembered the previous failure and tried to get DELCO to warrentee
> the battery and they refused saying it was normal wear and engine specifics
> may have caused the failure. Once again I ate the bill and replaced the
> battery with the same type DELCO.
>
> A year later the battery failed again. Again Delco refused warrentee so I
> put in a different brand and never had another problem.
>
> This problem seemed to be related to only one type of DELCO battery and the
> mechanic told me he had another one come in with the same problem.
>
> I can only suggest to make sure your charging system is operating properly
> and that you have no drain on the battery when the car is not running. Make
> sure your water levels in the cells is where they should be and voltages are
> correct.
>
> Unfortunately, by my experience, these things happen and if the
> manufacturer is not aware of the problem, or not acknowledging a problem,
> you are on you own.
>
>
>
> Good luck
> --
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> 74 GLACIER X, 260/455-APC-4 Bagg'r
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141096 is a reply to message #140977] |
Fri, 26 August 2011 14:58 |
roy1
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Registered: July 2004
Location: Minden nevada
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That is the one vehicle I have towing on. Progressive wouldn't allow me too add my other 5 vehicles to the roadside assistance policy. I did have to use it a couple of years ago when I wiped a motor and I was sure glad I had it.
Roy
If you're driving your GMC at all, I'd strongly encourage you to sign up
with SOME road service. Towing of a GMC can be VERY expensive. One short
tow will cost more than many years of $100 or so per year -- and you'll be
covered for battery failures, flat tires, out of gas, locked out, etc., for
all the vehicles you drive.
JMHO,
Ken H.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:47 PM, <roy@gmcnet.org> wrote:
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I guess I need to spend $100 for a new one soon as I don't have road side
> assistance.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Sudden battery failure [message #141101 is a reply to message #141096] |
Fri, 26 August 2011 15:26 |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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RV Roadhelp, an Allstate operation, is $99, possibly less introductory
pricing, and covers whatever you and the other drivers in your household are
driving, owned or not.
I've had excellent service from them the 5-6 times I've needed them in the
past 13 years. Three times to tow the GMC, but none of those required long
distance so I didn't test their "...to the nearest capable repair
facility..."
Ken H.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:58 PM, <roy@gmcnet.org> wrote:
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> That is the one vehicle I have towing on. Progressive wouldn't allow me too
> add my other 5 vehicles to the roadside assistance policy. I did have to use
> it a couple of years ago when I wiped a motor and I was sure glad I had it.
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