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Everyone makes mistakes from time to time. There's no point in pretending otherwise. Thanks for watching!

You might be right. I was figuring it out as I went. No doubt I’ll have another opportunity to replace it before trading it off. I’ll to leave those on the buss plate in place. Thanks for watching!

I came here to comment the same. Completely unnecessary to take off all those wires. Just need to take off neg and pos connection.

I actually was going to say the same thing as well, all those cables could of stayed on. he just had to lift the entire cover and you can still remove/install the battery with out having to disconnect any of the top cables.

I'm pretty sure he got it.. lol

Good to read comments so I don’t have to undo whole plate. Teamwork!

I'm glad the video was helpful. Thanks for your comment and for watching!

I saw that on the reservoir and thought about it but worried it might open a whole new can of worms. Thanks for the tip!

@@LivingCommonSense yeah remove the nut and pull the reservoir back that little bit and it will make your life a lot easier...

@btatsukawa - You are very welcome. Thank you for watching!

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

You're welcome! Easy to do, easy to fix

Thanks for leaving your comment. I'm glad the video was helpful.

You're very welcome! Thanks for your comment

@Flip - Awesome! Glad you got it done!

Thanks for the comment. The new battery is holding up fine. I'm glad I changed it when I did because the Texas heat we're having is a old battery killer for sure.

That's awesome! They sure don't give you any extra room. Doing it yourself and making it better than OEM can take some work but it's something you can be proud of.

Glad it was helpful!

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Well, I’ve got to keep the channel “family friendly” so I can’t really unload on those engineers. 🤣 Thanks for watching!

@iyfphoto - Happy to hear you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

@Ethan - I’m glad you found it helpful!

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

Most difficult for me as well. Glad the video helped. Hopefully you saved a few bucks in the process! Thanks for the comment.

I’m glad it worked out. Thanks for watching!

You are welcome. Glad to help

Thanks for the visit!

@Kevin - Great point! I hadn’t considered the location is likely catching air heated by the block and exhaust manifold after it was already preheated by the radiator. The location behind the left headlight is probably much cooler, especially at highway speeds. Thanks for the post.

Thanks for the shout out. I was figuring it out as I went but your way of sliding it to the side is better. I've referenced your video in the description of this video. Thanks for the tip!

@@LivingCommonSense I scoped out some of you other vids. You got some good stuff going on there with your channel. Good luck! :-D

Thanks. Same to you

Seems like there are some German cars with the battery under the seat or some strange place. Thanks for watching!

@@LivingCommonSense I had a BMW Z3 with the battery in the trunk. Not a lot of space to maneuver. It had 2 post under the hood to jumpstart it if needed.

I guess they do that for weight distribution on a performance car.

@Andy - I only used the driver door controls. I recall only operating the driver window. I didn't expect to have to roll down a window to complete the battery replacement process. I just followed the instruction on the dash and it only instructed to operate the driver's window.

@dhov21 - I didn't notice any except after I connected the new battery, a message on the dash cluster said to roll down the driver side window (at startup) which I did. I rolled it up and my wife has been driving it ever since with no problems. I've only done this type one time but no problems. Did they want to change the battery for you or did they say take it to GM?

I didn't have a memory saver. I'm not sure what that is. Once I started it up, I had a message to roll down the driver side window for whatever reason but it has all worked well ever since.

@Jose - I did not have to program anything after I put the new battery in but be aware the battery I took out was not completely dead. That being said, you'll notice at 12:55 shortly after I started on the new battery and after then "hood open" message on the dash, you'll see another message popped up instructing me to "Open Then Close Driver Window". I rolled the driver side window down and back up but I have no idea what that accomplished. Since then though, that message nor any other out of ordinary messages have popped up in the dash.

@Weepninnybong - Yep, I think their whole point is to discourage the owner from doing self repair. Small incremental changes over the years add up to eventually only the dealer can crack open the hood. Your user name....from the original Transformers movie?

Heck ya. The Universal Greeting. @@LivingCommonSense

GM didn’t really leave enough room to comfortably move the battery into place. I gave up trying to understand why auto manufacturers do the things they do a long time ago.

@Bill - Yeah, you're probably right about the cables. I'll give that a shot when this battery gives up in a couple of years. Thanks for watching!

Hope the video was helpful. Thanks for watching

@@LivingCommonSense it was. thank you

Correct. I was learning as I went

I hate to hear that. Was it the old battery or new one? Those batteries should be sealed from the factory unless they are defective.

It was a new battery

Yeah, those should not leak when new. I'd verify that it is the correct battery for your vehicle and watch is closely if you choose to not return it for leaking. They can "leak" some residual after they get a few months and heat in them but should not when they are new.

@@LivingCommonSense ok thanks

I think at this point we have to assume the engineers are intentionally doing this type of thing to force more people into the dealer's repair bays for non-warranty repairs.

@@LivingCommonSense It has to do with feature creep. More gadgets require more battery but they don't get more space. The engineers are very creative.

@Barry - Creative is being very nice I think. GM used to put the battery behind the left front headlight location shown at 11:00. I can think of no advantage of the current battery placement. Thanks for watching!

@@LivingCommonSense My 2019 has the primary battery on the passenger side and it is quite a production to swap out. Ours has the second battery spot on the drivers side behind the light as you described. I am not sure what all is needed to add a second battery. I am told that it is partially wired. Anyone know about that?

@barrybrinkman4961 - I suppose its possible but I'm not familiar with it. GM used to put two batteries on their trucks back in the 6.2L and 6.5L diesel days. I'm not sure why the location is their. I built a toolbox to go there from my 98' 1/2 ton gasser. I thought about putting something on the Tahoe...12v tire pump, patch kit, tow strap or jumper cables...I had not considered adding a second battery.

Yes and I believe that was their intention; so owners would take it to the dealer for a simple battery replacement.