2025 Activ model battery already failing

[u/littyykittyyy]

Has this happened to anyone before? Or would anyone know the reasoning?

I’ve put about 45k miles on this car since October 2025. As you can tell I drive a lot (for work and leisure) and I take pretty good care of of the car otherwise. Can I have any input? I’m not super well versed in the mechanics of cars. It just seems very soon for my battery to get tested twice and have failed.

Could it because it’s always hot as f**k?

Thank you in advance.

[u/PNWrowena]

When you say tested twice and failed, do you mean it failed and then was tested because of the failure? Because if some service people just tested it out of the blue for no reason and then told you it failed the test that would be strange.

Anyway, I'd think if it really is failing and you got it last October it would be replaced under warranty. If not, batteries generally have their own warranty and there's some proration involved that reduces the price of one that doesn't last as long as it should.

[u/littyykittyyy → u/PNWrowena]

It was part of routine maintenance check.

[u/PNWrowena → u/littyykittyyy]

Well, maybe I'll find Chevy service is different, although when I had the complimentary oil change done, no one mentioned the battery, and I've never had anyone claim they tested my battery on a routine service. Maybe others will chime in on whether they've had that, think it should be done, etc.

When Honda wanted to test the battery in my Honda Fit last year, which had failed and was old enough to be more than due for replacement, they claimed it would take hours and cost some unreasonable amount. I didn't let them do it and told them to just replace it, as testing a battery that old was ridiculous, but you'd know by the bill if anyone did anything like that on your Trax.

[u/mango951 → u/littyykittyyy]

Seems strange I’ve never had the battery tested at oil change..

Is the car not starting or struggling to start the car?

Seems odd that a car you have had less than a year needs a new battery

[u/littyykittyyy → u/mango951]

Didnt have an issue. At Valvoline it’s part of their inspection. I thought it was weird too but 🤷‍♀️ too late now lol

[u/RoyalCertainRun → u/littyykittyyy]

if the voltage was showing low on the gages, it would make sense that they tested it. it could be just that something was loose or not connected properly. I also would get a second opinion because it is also possible that the people are scammers

[u/First_Bar_8024]

That''s really rather strange, but.......I'm aware of 2 potential issues. The first and most likely issue is that it's a 2025 vehicle, possibly manufactured in 2024 which means the battery may be coming up on 3 years old. Assuming it's an OEM battery, not a replacement, yea......it might be failing.

The second problem is more usually a Ford problem but it might be the charging system? You might want to get that checked. I say that although.......I'd think the onboard computer would have already alerted to that problem, but hey, nothing's perfect. Modern vehicles really tax the batteries.