A battery in my daily-driver Mercury Sable failed a few years ago during a 20-mile drive from my home to town. It went completely open-circuit to the point it would not burn the headlights, let alone crank the engine. The battery was less than one year old.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!