Hi I have a battery that is at least 3yrs old and on my last charge, the autocharger wouldn't switch off to trickle. It worked fine on my other ATV battery, as well as my kids power wheels. The battery is cranking over the ATV fine, but is this a warning that the battery is going? Maybe one cell of it is bad?

It is just a cheap regular battery, not AGM type if that helps. Thanks.

 

Just have it load tested at any auto store. They can show you real quick if the battery is ok or needs to be replaced.Better than being stranded somewhere. OPT

 

well-
it can only be one of two issues, right?

1) you have a bad battery
2) you have a bad charger

given that your battery is 3 years old, and that the charger works fine on other batteries............ I guess that only leaves option 1.

 

Thanks guys. Yea, the battery must be on its way out. I bought a battery tester and may check it tonight, although I think I already know the answer.

Luckily the battery is on a Trail Boss that has a backup pull start. Why did they remove backup pull starters from their ATVs???? Must be cheaper without, but come on can't be that much. I know I like having the piece of mind of having one.

 

I agree on the lack of a recoil on the newer models. But guess just their way of cutting costs and keeping the price competitive. I would have picked somethings less crucial to go cheap on myself. Only recoil I thought was a real knuckle buster was on the MV 700. After cranking one with the recoil one time to test it when they came out,I decided real quick if I owned one I would have to leave it where it died. Maybe just getting too weak in my old age OPT