![]() Stock is limited to conventional lead-acid batteries, with coverage available for most vehicles excluding hybrids.įor CAA Premier Members, 20 CAA Dollars to be added to Primary Member’s account within 4-6 weeks of CAA Premium Battery purchase. Service operators will verify size when testing the battery. Prices vary based on vehicle engine size. ![]() The fee is currently $18.00, but is subject to change.ĬAA SCO and Service Providers may refuse to provide certain battery service if it is deemed unsafe (in CAA SCO or Service Provider’s sole opinion), when installation cannot be performed at the roadside, or if the battery is under warranty. Recycling fee is a one-time fee for Members who choose to keep the old battery core. ³ If you choose to keep the old battery core, a fee will be applied to your invoice. ![]() t This will depend on the purchase value. 49-66 months, the customer will get a 50 refund. 0-48 months, the customer gets a free replacement. The flooded battery (Kirkland signature automotive battery) comes with different warranty periods. However, an unsuccessful battery service that results in a towing service call, will count as a single service call. The warranty period covers up to 36 months. This will count as one (1) service call unless a new battery is purchased at the time of the call. You can wander around and get free samples of new products and buy the famous 1.50 hot dog and soda combo. Battery Services may not be available in your area. A Costco membership comes with many great perks. Service Providers will deliver, install and recycle your battery at no extra cost, upon purchase of a new battery. ² CAA Members automatically receive Member-exclusive pricing on the purchase of a new CAA Premium Battery, compared to the retail (non-member) price. CAA Battery representatives will deliver, install and recycle your battery at no extra cost, upon purchase of a new CAA Premium Battery. CAA mobile Battery Service Member benefit subject to availability by geographical area. Probably shouldn't have hesitated, since this new policy took effect within the last two months.¹ CAA Members automatically receive Member-exclusive pricing on the purchase of a new CAA Premium Battery, compared to the retail (non-member) price. I have one of those 42-month batteries from 2016, in a car that doesn't see daily use, and could stand to be replaced. Now its prorated about 3ish per month, so. The first time it happened, the warranty term was reduced from 42- to 36-months. Was told that in July Costco changed their battery warranty so that they are no longer a 3 year free replacement. If that's not what's happening in this situation, and Costco has accepted that risk, in exchange for lower costs, then it's still Costco making the adjustments. Large retailers have the power to place the burden of returns and defective merchandise on vendors. Whatever the details, I still think this is strictly between Costco and Clarios, with Interstate just used as branding. I've long been curious about the murky details but it has never been publicized like such deals sometimes are. When the batteries were Kirkland-branded, the exclusive relationship with JCI was part of the marketing campaign I recall seeing it on the signage. Unfortunately, now that this domino has fallen, others will probably follow as well.Įnergizer is still used in Canada, at least for AGM batteries. And if they can do that to one of the world's largest retailers, it can happen to anyone. ![]() If anything, it's not IBS putting any screws to Costco, it's Clarios. Interstate (in name only) vs Kirkland doesn't seem like it would sway a lot of people. It doesn't make sense to me for them to change that to an arrangement where they buy through a middleman, like IBS, have units that can't be warrantied at any place other than Costco, in exchange for the use of the brand name that probably has little equity or importance to most of its shoppers anyway. Direct sourcing, in high quantity, is Costco's game. I think the change is more the result of abuse, and people treating them like an exchange program that what IBS has to say.įor many years prior, Coscto was sourcing their battieries from the maker, Clarios (nee JCI), and branding them as Kirkland, as they do with many of their products. I've always disliked pro rata warranties, because the amortization tables and explicit terms are seldom, if ever, plainly disclosed upfront, and that kind of obfuscation is offputting, if not devious in some fashion. How are those South Korean batteries in quality? In my application, a Walmart equivalent Maxx is ~$40 more. Surprised it wasn't noted earlier, or in the Electrical sub-forum but alas…Ī three-year pro rata warranty? When others still offer replacement warranties for the same periods? Have to think about that one. I was there the other day and noticed this.
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