So I thought this was something that'd be interesting to share with the Forum because I honestly can't believe it. I bought my truck a year ago from my step-grandfather and he was the only owner. When I first went through my truck I noticed that it was extremely clean and he handed me every single service record. I noticed that the battery had never been changed. It is the original Motorcraft battery that came with the truck!!! The truck is coming up on 11 years now and it still turns over every time, crazy. (knock on wood) Has anyone else ever gone this long with one battery because I have never heard of such a thing.

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2000 Ford Ranger V6 3.0L FFV Supercab Automatic

mines 6 years old and still going strong.

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With proper care and storage,with a good alt. theres no reason a battery shouldn't last that long

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04 Phillies Red Ranger Edge King Cab.3.0L v6
Stock wheels w/235/75/r15 Goodyear Wrangler Radials
Pioneer FH P8000BT,Pioneer CDX-1280 12 disk changer,TS-A874M frontspeakers and TS-A6872R rear speakers,explorer lighted visors(per wife's request)Cold Air Intake Mod.Explorer Dome light.Freshly repainted front clip,Pretty much still stock!

Mine is almost 9 years old now and has powered a couple stereos and it still cranks over fine.

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Mods: Xcal 2, K&N Drop-In, Line-X, DSG Heads/Corners, 6000k Hi/Low HID's, 6K HID Fogs, Foglight Mod, Throttle Cable Mod, 6.5" Digital Designs, Rockford P400.4, 2 Sundown SA-15's, MB Quart DSC 2000.1d, Cranked T-Bars, 285/75/R16 Nitto Terra Grapplers

The battery in my Windstar is 9 years old and it is still going great.

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1992 Ford Ranger STX
-2" lift
-31" Treadwright Crawlers (yes I run retreads!)

Very common for a battery to last long

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Merlin215

2010 Ford Ranger 4 wheel drive
Black
XLT Power Group package

mine lasted 10 yrs in Florida, usually extreme weather changes is the killer of aged batteries.

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1999 MAZDA 2500SE, 2.5L 4-clanger, 5 speed, Green n slow

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Every Saint has a past. Every Sinner has a future.

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it's a ford ranger not a Ferrari?!?

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Originally Posted by edgeman4.0 If it's got tits or tires, it's going to give you problems..

my current ranger's battery lasted from Nov. 2000 -Nov 2007. I only replaced it because it was getting slightly harder to turn the engine over and with winter coming, didn't want a dead battery on a desolate, frozen highway.
GO MOTORCRAFT!

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2001 Ranger
Built in the Highland park Ford Plant Oct. 2000
Purchased November 2000
Edge 4X4 model with everything: 4.10 Gears
8.8 Axle and Limited slip differential

The battery on my old truck (1999 Nissan Frontier) is still in the truck. My gpa owned it before I got it as well. I sold it to a buddy of mine and he says it's still there.

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2008 Ranger Sport 4X4 4.0
-5 speed, undercoating, tinted windows, keyless entry, 3.73 gears
-Pioneer AVIC-F700BT GPS w/10" Pioneer woofer
-3 inch Performance Accessories Body Lift
-33x12.5 r 15 BFG M/T KM2's
SOON TO COME:
-Autopage 2way page RF-425LCD sercurity system, Flowmaster Series 40, HIDs w/ niteshaded head/tails, Mustang dome, LED 3rd BL

I bought a Focus ZX3 new in April of 2001. Sold it in March of 2008 with the OEM Motorcraft still going strong. I traded it in for a 2004 Mazda6 GT and that battery only lasted until the fall of 08. This was also A Motorcraft battery. I guess its luck of the draw.

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i wish i could say ive had as good of luck with motorcraft batterys, im on my second one in my 01 and it needs to be replaced already.

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I dissagree...I think 11yrs is verry UNCOMMON!

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2009 Redfire Metalic 4.0 w/Leer Cap

10 years is rare

3 months going strong on my 2010 ranger

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2010 Ranger XL Reg. Cab 4 cyl... 5 speed manual... W/reverse.

Mods: 5% tint on rear window, JVC KDHDR40 Headunit, Kicker KS-68 speakers, Kicker TCVT102 (10TCVT102) Sub, JVC DRVN KSAX3102 Amp, JVC DRVN KSAX3101D mono amp, Ford black rubber mat, White LED license plate lights. Added 6000k HID Fogs, 6000k Digital HID Heads.

This isn't gramhar skool so dont cry and whine about spelling.

Well what do you know, my ranger was my grandfathers as well. But he did replace the battery in it when it was just a few years old, don't know exactly but it has a DuraLast in it now.

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2001 Ranger Edge
3.0 V6
Automatic
4.10 gears
97,780 mi