I even inquired as to how a battery could be discontinued - the lady simply answered that your car is too old for servicing by CAA.Late to the party, but Interstate Batteries (carried by many auto repair shops and some farm supply/hardware stores) also makes good quality batteries for the Intrepid/LH cars. Don't know if they are in Canada.
ttps://www.interstatebatteries.com/
My local independed farm supply/hardware store has them and can order fresh ones in only a few days (date code sticker is on the battery). They may be just a bit more expensive than places like Autozone, but quality seems to be up to the old Sears DieHard brand. And the warranty is decent, especially if you do a warranty return at the repair shop where you bought it. Usually they have paper catalogs at the shops and stores, which still had all the LH car batteries lilsted last time I checked. As other posters have written, most of the battery brands in the US and Canada are probably made by just a few actual manufacturers like Exide and then brand labeled, but the quality that each brand orders from the makers varies from economy to high quality. And the quality it isn't just the cold cranking amp rating (has to do with the internal plate design). Consumer Reports magazine covers this periodically in their annual auto magazine issue with battery ratings (most libraries have the magazine or on-line paid access to the CR site).
Can't remember which Group number was for my 1994 3.3L, but the nice thing about the Interstate was that, unlike others in that group it exactly matched the OEM battery with two easy to remove water fill caps, (just pry up with screwdriver) and is not sealed so you can add distilled water in a dry climate. Some of the fill caps in the same battery group are odd-ball one piece caps that are harder to remove and reinstall. As I recall, when I got mine a couple of years ago, there were two styles/options from Interstate in the Group, one with the two OEM-style caps and one with the one-piece cap.
ttps://www.interstatebatteries.com/
My local independed farm supply/hardware store has them and can order fresh ones in only a few days (date code sticker is on the battery). They may be just a bit more expensive than places like Autozone, but quality seems to be up to the old Sears DieHard brand. And the warranty is decent, especially if you do a warranty return at the repair shop where you bought it. Usually they have paper catalogs at the shops and stores, which still had all the LH car batteries lilsted last time I checked. As other posters have written, most of the battery brands in the US and Canada are probably made by just a few actual manufacturers like Exide and then brand labeled, but the quality that each brand orders from the makers varies from economy to high quality. And the quality it isn't just the cold cranking amp rating (has to do with the internal plate design). Consumer Reports magazine covers this periodically in their annual auto magazine issue with battery ratings (most libraries have the magazine or on-line paid access to the CR site).
Can't remember which Group number was for my 1994 3.3L, but the nice thing about the Interstate was that, unlike others in that group it exactly matched the OEM battery with two easy to remove water fill caps, (just pry up with screwdriver) and is not sealed so you can add distilled water in a dry climate. Some of the fill caps in the same battery group are odd-ball one piece caps that are harder to remove and reinstall. As I recall, when I got mine a couple of years ago, there were two styles/options from Interstate in the Group, one with the two OEM-style caps and one with the one-piece cap.
