DEKA batteries and tristatebattery.com are crap

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Put a ETX15L on my 2005 KLR  July 2010. It's died and will not hold a charge.



Only in use for about 6,000 miles.



Tri State Batteries of Newark, DE told me tough luck.



BE WARNED don't buy DEKA and don't buy from Tri State (tristatebattery.com).

[alph]

YUASA ALL THE WAY!!

replaced my ORIGINAL factory installed battery this last summer!  bought another YUASA just because, if the last one went 11 years, then this one should!!  i called the company and asked them what the date stamp code was on the battery, they confirmed that it was made in 1999! 

[Chrome]

Hey Britman. Surely you are not calling an American made battery crap and not to buy from an American based company. With all the "Pro American" posts here lately,I would think about this post.
Adrian

www.dekabatteries.com

East Penn Manufacturing makes thousands of different sizes and types of lead-acid batteries, battery accessories, and wire & cable products for virtually any application.  Since 1946, we have developed an enviable reputation for world-class quality products made in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.  

These facilities include our modern U. S. EPA permitted lead smelter and refinery and recycling center where we recycle virtually 100% of every used lead-acid battery returned to us. Thank you for visiting our site. Please contact us with any questions.

The East Penn Philosophy of Quality & Environmental Excellence

East Penn RECOGNIZES the importance of all people at East Penn working together to achieve customer satisfaction. As a team we establish a culture that integrates the essential elements of quality and environmental issues into our business decision making processes.

East Penn STRIVES to foster thinking and actions that promote product quality, pollution prevention, and enhanced environmental performance. We also work to deliver products to the customer on time, at an affordable price. Through the implementation of the integrated management system we encourage continual improvement in quality, service, cost, technology, and environmental performance.

East Penn ACTS to eliminate and/or reduce waste, variation, and defects through its processes. We encourage the creativity of our workforce through individual employee participation as part of the East Penn team, and foster the input of our suppliers. East Penn demonstrates its dedication to the welfare of the workforce and the community through our focus to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, permits, and other requirements to which we subscribe.

East Penn ACHIEVES its goals by establishing environmental and quality objectives and targets. It starts HERE, and that's why at East Penn...

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Hey Britman. Surely you are not calling an American made battery crap and not to buy from an American based company. With all the "Pro American" posts here lately,I would think about this post.
Adrian

www.dekabatteries.com

East Penn Manufacturing makes thousands of different sizes and types of lead-acid batteries, battery accessories, and wire & cable products for virtually any application.  Since 1946, we have developed an enviable reputation for world-class quality products made in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.  

These facilities include our modern U. S. EPA permitted lead smelter and refinery and recycling center where we recycle virtually 100% of every used lead-acid battery returned to us. Thank you for visiting our site. Please contact us with any questions.

The East Penn Philosophy of Quality & Environmental Excellence

East Penn RECOGNIZES the importance of all people at East Penn working together to achieve customer satisfaction. As a team we establish a culture that integrates the essential elements of quality and environmental issues into our business decision making processes.

East Penn STRIVES to foster thinking and actions that promote product quality, pollution prevention, and enhanced environmental performance. We also work to deliver products to the customer on time, at an affordable price. Through the implementation of the integrated management system we encourage continual improvement in quality, service, cost, technology, and environmental performance.

East Penn ACTS to eliminate and/or reduce waste, variation, and defects through its processes. We encourage the creativity of our workforce through individual employee participation as part of the East Penn team, and foster the input of our suppliers. East Penn demonstrates its dedication to the welfare of the workforce and the community through our focus to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, permits, and other requirements to which we subscribe.

East Penn ACHIEVES its goals by establishing environmental and quality objectives and targets. It starts HERE, and that's why at East Penn...

If a product and customer service are crap it doesn't matter who makes it. I've contacted East Penn as well telling them of my disappointment and Tri States indifference.

[3fan4life]

Hey Britman. Surely you are not calling an American made battery crap and not to buy from an American based company. With all the "Pro American" posts here lately,I would think about this post.
Adrian

Aren't YUSA's also American made ?

[alph]

Hey Britman. Surely you are not calling an American made battery crap and not to buy from an American based company. With all the "Pro American" posts here lately,I would think about this post.
Adrian

Aren't YUSA's also American made ?

some are, some aren't, the ones sold on ebay are not made in america, best off ordering on line from a battery website, make sure you tell them you want the one made in america.

[Chrome]

3Fan Yes Yusa may be made in the USofA but Britman's post was about DEKA batteries.
Adrian