I paid $100 for a 51R which is the stock battery in a 2017, from Costco. 500CCA too, so not the stingy version 51R which is 410CCA. 3 year free replacement, which is now the industry standard, though some have even lower warranties if you go for the low end 51R in a brand.

As for the Honda battery, the pro-rate is a gimmick to get you to come in and buy yet another Honda OEM at battery at inflated prices. They won't last 8 years, as they are made by the same companies that only provide 3 year warranties. Most will go belly up at 3-5 years. Honda does not make batteries, they buy them from Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls), and marketed under various brands, including OEMs like Honda.

 

I paid $100 for a 51R which is the stock battery in a 2017, from Costco. 500CCA too, so not the stingy version 51R which is 410CCA. 3 year free replacement, which is now the industry standard, though some have even lower warranties if you go for the low end 51R in a brand.

As for the Honda battery, the pro-rate is a gimmick to get you to come in and buy yet another Honda OEM at battery at inflated prices. They won't last 8 years, as they are made by the same companies that only provide 3 year warranties. Most will go belly up at 3-5 years. Honda does not make batteries, they buy them from Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls), and marketed under various brands, including OEMs like Honda.

Well, I don't have a Costco membership (and their current battery price is $119), and the Honda battery was all of $4 more than the one from Wal-Mart, and about $50 cheaper than the ones available from the chain auto parts stores. I don't see how "same price as Wal-Mart, and $50 cheaper than the auto parts stores" is "inflated." And I don't view the pro-rated warranty as a "gimmick" at all; if I had one on the Advance Auto battery that I just had to remove, I'd have just paid $97 to replace it (39% of the cost of a replacement from Adv. Auto), instead of $150 (from Honda, or over $200-ish from Adv. Auto.) And if the Honda-brand battery dies in another 39 mos, I'd get about a 61% discount there too. (So, at Honda's current prices, $60.) That seems way better than a free replacement warranty that expires right before the battery does.

I am aware that all the batteries come from the same manufacturers. Which was the whole point of my post... that they all suck, so you might as well get one with a warranty that doesn't.

 

Funny, I just replaced the original battery in my Dec 2016 manufactured 2017. Only changed it because it was coming up on seven years old. Replaced it with A Costco battery, 48 month free replacement should it go bad.

 

Sure you could get the same battery that your vehicle came with, or you could get an aftermarket one with similar specs.

Or you could do like I did, and actually look for something better.

The newer CRVs that came with start/stop technology came with a larger/beefier/more heavy duty battery. This battery can easily be made to fit with the purchase of a new bracket that the the newer CRV uses.

That's what I did. I expect this battery to last much longer than the OEM-type that Honda wanted these vehicles to use. I learned about doing this swap from this forum.

 

Not a fan of trying to game the system. Commented deleted.