midnightman,


I had my battery go dead and the only thing I had to reset was the radio stations and the clock. I did see one post where some said that their TMPS had to be reactivated when they took their battery out for 30 mins, but that doesn't sound normal to me. If you are worried there is a backup battery you can buy that plugs into the the cigarette lighter to maintain your electronic memory.

To clean the contact I recommend using warm water and baking soda. Add as much soda as possible until you can't get anymore into solution. Then clean the post and terminal, be sure to rinse it throughly.

Once you get it back together coat the terminals with Vaseline. The Vaseline will seal out the batter vapors and keep the terminal clean.

Since you're see the corrosion I am guessing your battery has a cell dying causing the other to boil hotter thus creating more acid vapors. I would suspect you will be replacing the battery before too long. When you do replace the battery don't buy a cheep one