# Oldsmobile silhoutte minivan battery replacement

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oldsmobile-silhoutte-minivan-battery-replacement/54641>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** silhouette, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [September 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oldsmobile-silhoutte-minivan-battery-replacement/54641 "2010-09-04T15:50:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![speberle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@speberle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/speberle)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oldsmobile-silhoutte-minivan-battery-replacement/54641/1 "2010-09-04T15:50:04Z")

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I need to replace the battery but it is different from other cars, how do I do it?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oldsmobile-silhoutte-minivan-battery-replacement/54641/2 "2010-09-04T17:56:42Z")

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First, two people responded to your post already: [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2149941.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2149941.page)

Bookmark it or something so that you can find it again.

Second, if you have to ask I’d say to just have someone do it, especially b/c (as you’ll see in the other post) sometimes certain precautions have to be taken. For certain years of this van I do know that taking out the battery power will cause issue (certainly '99 & prior). Many auto parts chains will install a battery for you if you’re buying it from them. But I’d just have a local mechanic do it.

If you really want to do it either look under the hood & figure it out (its not different from other cars - its just less accessible and you have to move stuff out of the way) or buy a repair manual at an auto parts store for $20