Finally.... my VX craps out....

[Triathlete]

Internal shorting will cause the battery to heat, expand and then explode. I have had a couple batteries get to the hot and expanding stage but have always caught them before they explode...usually because they stop holding a charge. They seem to be more prone to this here where the temps are extremely high in the summer.
Good luck!

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Sorry for your troubles. Hopefully she'll be as good as new when their done with her!

Curious though about the availability of the hood insulation as I could use that myself. I had a problem with a red squirrel using my hood insulation for nesting material up in my factory air-box during the winter along with the O.E.M. filter (darn lucky my wiring and everything else was not touched!) so I had to remove the shredded up hood insulation and have run all summer without it. Wondering how necessary it really is...so far I've noticed no ill-effects but figure it was put their for a valid reason!

Another reason against living out in the country! Darn varmints! I was even kidded at work by the guys saying they saw a squirrel feeder at "Tractor Supply" and it looked identical to a VX!!!!!!

[Chopper]

My original battery exploded the first trip home from the dealership. It happened in the driveway after the inital 30 mile drive to the house. I had insisted on doing the delivery cleanup myself, just stripped the white plastic wrap, cleaned the windows, and drove it home (I worked there at the time) Because of this, (plus the fact I was staring at it every two minutes) I noticed the problem pretty quick, and took a hose and baking soda to it . A bit of the hood blanket and some paint on the battery mount and frame were the only casualties. A little spray bomb paint and all was well. Isuzu cheerfully replaced the crappy stock battery, and I gave it to a painter at the shop and bought a red top. Stock tires and batteries are generaly the cheapest the manufacturer can get away with and are best replaced at the soonest opportunity, in my experience. Wayne

[etlsport]

very strange, ive never heard of a battery exploding just sitting in a car.. what kind of battery is stock? theres an energizer battery in mine now, and i wanna get a new one if its prone to exploding

[Joe_Black]

Any wet cell battery has the potential of exploding. Sulfuric acid, hydrogen gas, electricity, heat... It all comes together wrong and it's not a good thing.

You don't want that risk? Get an Optima.

[Ldub]

That's about an 11 on the suck-ometer...the only good thing is, that you WEREN'T adding washer fluid or doing something else under the hood when it let loose. :deadg:
Hope you get her back to par with as little hassle factor as possible.

[tbigity]

i think i respond for all of us when i say that as I was reading that I found myself saying "oh....no...not the...oh gawd, no! THE HUMANITY!"

I feel like we should all pass a card and mail it WG, that hard core sux man. You have had some pretty ruff VX luck here lately.

[Anita]

I guess the only thing you can say is that the damage could have been a lot worse. You keep your baby in such good shape...what a thing to happen.