a friend of mine was going home one day and was about to turn on the ignition and then - BAM! the battery blew. her car is a 96-98 camery v6 XLE. the sound was REALLY loud too. she had an interstate battery which she doesnt know when the battery was installed...

in my opinion i think the battery was connected in an incorrect order. because camery is such an highly reliable car, and plus the fact that ive never seen a car blow its battery right when you start the ignition, the only conclusion that i can come up with was that the battery was incorrectly connected. what do you guys think?

 

I had one blow in my da integra once. I went to pick up a clutch kit, came out and it blew when I tried to start it. it is very rare, but does happen. I was told that the battery dead shorted accross the plates.

 

"I was told that the battery dead shorted accross the plates." which means? can you elaborate on it?

 

an internal short. like when you accidentally lay a wrench accross the terminals, only it spontaneously happens inside the battery. car batteries have a series of plates suspended in acid. I take it as, the plates shifted and made physical contact with each other. then KABOOOOOM! nice little dents coming out of the hood.