I installed the Z110BT into my 2008 Lincoln MKX maybe six months ago. In addition to the main unit itself, I also has Sirius and an iPod attached. I've made no mods other than the usual bypass and added the SWI-PS for steering wheel control.

Today, after no driving my car for a couple of days, the battery was dead - weird. When I went to jump the battery, I noted the there seemed to be an excessive amount of corrosion around the terminals, esp. the (+). Since the battery was a couple of years old, I decided to replace it thinking something was up with the degree of corrosion present.

The guy at the auto shop noted the corrosion was quite extensive, taking almost 30min to free the cable from the (+) terminal. He asked me if I had any work done to the electrical system, and when I mentioned the Z110BT, he thought something must be wrong, causing the battery to overcharge/overheat.

Does this sound reasonable and could it be caused by something I did during the installation?

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It's probably because the battery was old. I've had really old batteries corrode like that before, it seemed to just happen overnight. Just put a new battery in and see if it happens again, it probably won't. If it does, any battery worth the money comes with a warranty.

Does this sound reasonable and could it be caused by something I did during the installation?

 

Thanks -

Absolutely not. Completely unrelated. Captain hit it on the head. Replace the battery and the problem will go away for a couple of years until that battery goes south as well. Just as all batteries do.

I should probably add that the last time this happened to me, I had to dremel the terminals off of the battery in order to replace it.

It wasn't pretty.

All the more reason to get a new AGM/Gel battery, they don't corrode!

Nah I just use one of these babies now:

It's pretty sweet when I can get the 4Runner up to 88 miles per hour

Well done Captain, well done! Especially when the lighting storm strikes!

The battery was original and a couple of years old, so I just replaced it and will keep an eye on the terminals just in case.

Thanks!