Battery Issue - Distilled Water

I just bought a 04 Accord EX 4cyl AT last week. Love the car. The
battery that came with the car had an small see-through round plastic
window. Next to the window is a legend with three indicator states: blue was
labeled 'OK', big red circle was labeled 'Distilled water', and a small red
circle was labeled 'Needs Charging'. The battery is, and has always been, in
'Distilled Water' mode ever since I got the car.

I called the dealer's service department and they told me that these
indicators on batteries were unreliable and not to worry about it. My
saleman called to check up on the new Honda yesterday, and when I told him
about it, he told me to bring it to the New Car department so they can put
the battery on a charger for a couple of hours. Huh?


So does anyone know what 'Distilled Water' means? Do I need to add water to
the battery? I didn't see any obvious holes. The battery was also
marked 'Maintenence Free'. I thought that meant I didn't have to worry about
such things as adding water...

Jerry

 

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:13:21 GMT, "Jerry Liu" <>
wrote:

http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/carfaq.htm

 

Thanks for the pointer. Somehow missed it in my googling... So does
'maintenence free' mean that the battery is sealed? Does anyone know if I
can add water to whatever the default battery Honda ships with the Accords?

Jerry

 

If there are caps can be removed, you can add (distilled) water. I remember
a "maintenance free" battery once that had the flush caps hidden under the
paper label on the top.