anyone ever have a mechanic tell u to take tire off car to change battery? 2002 impala 3.8L?

If you have to do that, something is very wrong with car designers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A vehicles battery will selection interior the dimensions of life it could provide yet oftentimes 3 to 5 years on the exterior is a classic life span and regrettably they frequently supply you little if any serious warning call different than the day it won,t start up. as a techniques because of the fact the tires go there are geared up in tread placed on indicators that help you comprehend while the tread is placing out to an hazardous component of placed on and tear. those are small bands in between the grooves of the tire tread that once flush with the tire floor point out that it's time to replace the tires or in case you have a tire intensity gage under 2/32 of an inch is getting approximately time to start searching for brand spanking new tires.

When auto designers are required to pack more and more into less available space, they sometimes forget to plan for easy maintenance.

I am not specifically familiar with the 2002 Impala, but I have run across cars that will make you do extreme things to effect repairs... Like the Chevy Citation V-6 that required you to lift the engine off the motor mounts to change spark plugs...

I had a 1997 Plymouth Breeze that had to have the driver's side front tire removed to replace the battery so yes.

interesting... in every car i've had the battery's been under the bonnet, and the wheels don't really come into it... might want to get a second opinion!

well all you need do is look to see if thats true or not. Some cars make you do gyrations to perform routine jobs, this might be one of them.

no this mechanic didn't tell you that,and you know better,i don't tell people to do things like that and we all know who your talking about,don't we,that wasn't me that did that,shame on you,,,PS you do have to remove the tires to get to some battery,s for instance i own a stratus that you have to do this way.

Have you looked????

BMWs you need to remove the rear seat.

Consider yourself lucky that's all you have to do.