Will toyota reimburse me for a battery under warranty?

[Mike115]

I have a 2016 Corolla and my battery seems to be going out the last couple of days and now wont start. I cant find anywhere in the warranty book about batteries being covered, but I have read a couple of stories online about people getting their batteries replaced by toyota on their 3 year warranty.

I could literally walk a block and get a new battery from auto zone and install it...but my question is, IF this is something toyota would do for free if I took it in to them, would they also reimburse me for the new battery I buy from auto zone if I took the bad battery into them?

Sorry if this is a dumb question...its my first new car so I dont know much about how warranty works, and the lady I spoke to from toyota on the phone wasn't of much help.

Thanks in advance!

 

[tnoutdoors]

Probably not. I’d just call their service department and ask

 

[Chris Denton]

They will warranty it but...
It has to be in the car so they can run their tests and it has to be within the 3/36 warranty.
I went through this when mine was about 2 years old and this is what they wanted me to do.
Instead, I bought an Interstate battery and ignored the warranty. All they will do is replace one for one. I didn’t want another crappy Toyota battery.
In hindsight, I should have bought the optima battery with the top and side posts, yellow top I think. I have amplifiers and this would be a great battery for me to connect that zero gauge wire too.

 

[ErickMaga]

I have a 2016 Corolla and my battery seems to be going out the last couple of days and now wont start. I cant find anywhere in the warranty book about batteries being covered, but I have read a couple of stories online about people getting their batteries replaced by toyota on their 3 year warranty.

I could literally walk a block and get a new battery from auto zone and install it...but my question is, IF this is something toyota would do for free if I took it in to them, would they also reimburse me for the new battery I buy from auto zone if I took the bad battery into them?

Sorry if this is a dumb question...its my first new car so I dont know much about how warranty works, and the lady I spoke to from toyota on the phone wasn't of much help.

Thanks in advance!

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