Battery Cold Cranking Amps?

Question

The battery of my Toyota 4Runner died. It was orig from japan,since 2003. Since was out of town so I didn't gamble on buying from after market stores and drove directly to the nearest toyota parts/service. They replaced the battery with Toyota Truestart batt. When I arrived home, I opened the hood and noticed that it only has 550 Cold Cranking Amps, the original has 675CCA. Is that OK for my vehicle? I live in Sacramento, the temp in winter may not drop below 35 Degrees. How come that they installed a lower CCA than the orig? I mean it has a V8 engine. Should I have this one replaced? I called them but they said, you can not trust those advertisements from unknown supplier and they will replace the batt anytime in the warranty period of seven years should it fail.. What do you think? thanks..

Answer 1

what does your owners manual say? that is what to go by. If it is suppose to be 675 they put in a undersized battery by their own manual. go to Toyota near you and ask for the right one

Answer 2

I live in Manteca so for our climate the 550 is more than enough cca and you size engine. I bet you don't notice a thig when you start it true? Plus it will be easier on your alternator to keep it charged.

Answer 3

it should be fine and it wont fail and probably because the computers they have say different stuff than the computers in japan but overall its just fine

Answer 4

That is plenty for Ca, if it got down well below freezing you might need more. Ca. don't get cold enough to woory.

Answer 5

buy INTERSTATE battery