positive battery terminal failure

[ffruff22]

I own a 2001 venture w/50,000 miles on it on 08NO04 it wouldnt start on me. It was totally dead, I made sure the terminals werent loose and was able to jump it and get it home.

Anyways to get to the point when I went to disconnect the battery, the positive side mount lug fell off (with the bolt still in it). I thought this was just a fluke,I have never seen this before.

Tonight, the same thing happened to my 2001 2500HD silverado. Ironically earlier in the evening I had to jump my friends Ford because his battery went. I made some Ford comment to him about it of course and mentioned that I should probably check mine out this weekend.

Both of my vehicles had the stock AC Delco side mount batteries in them. Is this that common of a problem, or am I just that lucky? I do not think that a 3-4 year old battery should fail in this manner. Just fishing out there for input.....

Thanks,
Ruff

[sierrap615]

the AC Delco sidemounts are all doing this, leaking battery acid out the positive termial, and have been for a few years. i don't know if they every fixed the problem. hope that battery is still under warrenty

[public]

Yeah, mine was an aftermarket battery but it did the same thing. It started, all the dash lights were blinking like crazy. I just said WTF and called AAA. As soon as I went to disconnect the battery so I could check electrical stuff the damn thing fell out. Easiest diagnosis I have ever made. :-)

[Booch]

Same thing happened to me with a 2002 Venture; stopped for gas one day, and when I went to start it everything went haywire; I pulled the positive battery cable and it came right out of the battery.

Had to buy a new battery on the road, and the dealership reimbursed me since I was still under warrenty.

Wonder how much longer till they admit they have a problem and recall the batteries?