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Chevrolet Complaint - Battery Compartment - 2000 Chevrolet Impala
2000 Chevrolet Impala - Complaint
MICHIGAN -- You need to find the engineer who designed the battery compartment for the 2000 Chevy Impala and take him or her outside and beat the stupidity out of them. You should never hire an engineer who has not spent at least 5 years as a mechanic. In the 2000 Impala you have too much stuff in the battery area. There should be two connections and a battery hold down. Reroute the other crap. A battery replacement should be simple and easy. If this is too hard for the engineers to figure out, then go back to my first sentence, and follow it closely. I had to replace the battery in my wife's car in sub-zero weather.
Luckily the engineer who designed this mess wasn't close by. Use some common sense when you design things.
Luckily the engineer who designed this mess wasn't close by. Use some common sense when you design things.
Comments:
Posted by GenuineNerd on 2011-11-20:
GM, at least, made accessing the battery easily on my 2007 Cobalt...the battery is in the trunk, with a positive post under the hood-the negative jumper cable gets connected to the strut tower.
Posted by trmn8r on 2011-11-21:
"You should never hire an engineer who has not spent at least 5 years as a mechanic."
As an engineer, I can tell you that the pool of candidates that would meet this critera is essentially non-existent.
The main problem here IMO is that the first time you had to wrangle with this, the temperature was sub-zero. Engineering may have exacerbated the situation.
What "other crvp" impeded your access? Both engineers and mechanics should be good problem solvers.
As an engineer, I can tell you that the pool of candidates that would meet this critera is essentially non-existent.
The main problem here IMO is that the first time you had to wrangle with this, the temperature was sub-zero. Engineering may have exacerbated the situation.
What "other crvp" impeded your access? Both engineers and mechanics should be good problem solvers.
Posted by JayByJay on 2011-11-21:
Doing research on 2000 Impala batteries, I can't figure out what exactly gave you so much trouble, as it doesn't sound like there's much different from a normal battery replacement. Perhaps you could go into more detail about what "the other crap" is.
I suggest you research how things are arranged in the engine of any future car you purchase so you can avoid these problems in the future. And don't resort to threats of violence.
I suggest you research how things are arranged in the engine of any future car you purchase so you can avoid these problems in the future. And don't resort to threats of violence.
Posted by Starlord on 2011-11-21:
When I made my living bending wrenches, I always said that before an automotive engineer got their diploma, they should have to work as a mechanic for five years first. If they had to work on them, they'd sure design them better. Example, Chrysler corp. used ot have the greatest engines, including the slant six. Fully half of the engine well was empty space, so where die the engineers decide to put everything? That's right UNDER the engine. And what about the rear spark plugs in a certain Cadillac model? One does not enjoy having to loosen the engine mounts and jack the engine down to access the back two sparkplugs.
Posted by GenuineNerd on 2011-11-21:
I remember that on the V-6 powered Pontiac Fiero (the little plastic-bodied two-seater from the mid-1980's), the engine had to be hoisted out to access the spark plugs...and the engine on the Fiero was mounted in the rear, behind the seats.
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