Dead Battery; Hood won't open.

[luci5r]

Originally Posted by tommy583

Well look at it this way. A new battery costs around $150. A maintainer costs under $50. If you leave the maintainer hooked up to the car, your battery will last much longer and it will never be dead when you want to drive the car. You can get an adapter that plugs right into the lighter, so it's easy to use.

It's something I will definitely look into; possibly install - after I have dealt with this current issue. Definitely makes sense. Thanks.

[Perfectlap]

Most auto stores have pretty good warranties on batteries and typically pro-rated.
I had one die after about six months, didn't even bother with trying to recharge.
I went back to the Advanced Auto store and the guy at the register just handed me a new one without even a receipt.
Once a battery has drained once, imho it really shouldn't used in the car again, it's never the same.
If it's out of warranty just keep it around the garage to power up something with an inverter.

[luci5r]

Just wanted to post a finality to this story.

So I did pick up the Interstate MTP-48/H6 for $150 at my local Firestone. Had priced it around and they had it the cheapest. Came home, installed the battery, and the car started up right away. All ABS/PSM messages disappeared and the car has been running flawlessly for couple weeks now.

Lessons learned. No point re-charging a dead battery; just go buy a new one. The MTP-48/H6, purely in terms of specs, is a tad step up from the one I had installed (MTP-91).

I still plan on getting the $50 Stanley Jump Starter to keep in the car; for close encounters.

Also plan on looking into the maintainer, as someone suggested. But other then that everything seems to be working great.

Thanks again every single person who posted and tried to help! Really appreciate it.

On to the next project.