Brake Fluid and Battery replacement

Maybe. Up here the Honda-branded Interstates are packaged with black cases
rather then the usual translucent ones. The ones I saw had no status
indicator, unless I missed seeing them.

As I hinted, there's a possibility American Honda uses a different
supplier.

 

who knows. i'm not sure it matters if honda's specs are met. different
brands are probably still made by johnson controls but with different
specs, just like when honda oil filters and that garbage otherwise known
as "fram" come off the same production line with strongly different
quality levels..

 

Yes, it is more than a sticker job. Interstate batteries are made by
Johnson Controls, as are Sears DieHards. As a matter of fact, there are
only three major battery producers in the U.S....Johnsom Controls, Exide,
and Delco... Oooops, just read that Delco now belongs to Exide...Missed
that change...They are simply made to different specs and badged
accordingly....So Honda batteries may be built to different levels than
the Interstate sold by NAPA. Hope this clarifies rather than muddys the
waters...
DaveD

 

well,the same thing happpens with Chinese and Taiwanese machine tools.
Different companies have different quality specs.(and different parts
support.)

One would think there'd be some sort of markings somewhere on a car battery
that tells who made it,if not an aftermarket battery.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

 

there might well be, but you need a decent sample size to decode it. i
used to know all the glass container manufacturer symbols years ago, but
the chinese don't seem to feel the need to follow convention and threw a
wrench in all that.

 

The Battery FAQ on the internet makes an attempt to relate "brand names" to
actual manufacturers. Seems like an impossible task with so many Chinese
companies trying to get into the market (either through legitimate means or
by selling counterfit items). See
http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/batbrand.htm - interesting if not completely
accurate.

Ed