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A lesson for us all - "new" does guarantee "good".
Before having the shop check the battery, did you try measuring the battery voltage during cranking? (not via any dash gauge but with a voltmeter connected directly to the battery) That is a crude but easy to perform test. A battery can easily measure normal voltage with no load applied but then drop a lot when asked to provide the oomph to start the engine.
Before having the shop check the battery, did you try measuring the battery voltage during cranking? (not via any dash gauge but with a voltmeter connected directly to the battery) That is a crude but easy to perform test. A battery can easily measure normal voltage with no load applied but then drop a lot when asked to provide the oomph to start the engine.
