had a so called mechanic (37yrs) say that. all I had to do was unbolt fuse box and disconnect radaiator overflow lineAnyone 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anyone ever have a mechanic tell u to take tire off car to change battery? 2002 impala 3.8L?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.Anyone ever have a mechanic tell u to take tire off car to change battery? 2002 impala 3.8L?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!Have you looked????
BMWs you need to remove the rear seat.
Consider yourself lucky that's all you have to do.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.I had a 1997 Plymouth Breeze that had to have the driver's side front tire removed to replace the battery so yes.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...
