Your local Ford dealership should sell Motorcraft batteries.
Motorcraft batteries are made by Johnson Controls which is the same company that makes the Sears DieHard, Walmart Everstart, and Optima battery. All are great batteries. You do not have to install a Motorcraft battery in your Ford. But if you insist you can buy Motorcraft batteries at O'reilly Auto Parts.
Motorcraft Batteries.
Motorcraft batteries are made by Johnson Controls. The four largest domestic battery manufacturers are Johnson Controls (Interstate, Motorcraft, Energizer, older Diehards), Delco (Sears, newer Diehards), GNB (Champion) and Exide (NAPA).
On my Motorcraft BXT-65-650 battery there is 3 years replacement warranty and then the warranty is pro-rated for a total of 100 months from the date of purchase ( I had the battery purchased / installed bya Ford dealer after they checked the charging system , if that makes any difference )
Duracell offers good quality and easy to use rechargeable batteries. There are generic brands of rechargeable batteries out there but they are often unreliable and wear out very quickly.
Johnson Controls Inc. makes AutoCraft Gold Battery, OPTIMA, Interstate, Motorcraft, & Energizer car batteries.
Rechargable batteries should last for over a year. Often they only come with a non-defective warranty.
motorcraft . com shows : BCI group 65 , and lists : Motorcraft BH - 65 ( 12 month warranty / 850 cold cranking amps - CCA ) or Motorcraft BXT - 65 - 750 ( 100 month warranty / 36 month free replacement / 750 cold cranking amps - CCA )
Johnson Controls Inc. makes AutoCraft Gold Battery, OPTIMA, Interstate, Motorcraft, & Energizer car batteries.
No, they are covered by the battery manufacture.
My Motorcraft battery is marked with a sticker saying " made in Mexico " ( it was bought in February 2002 ) * that's not a mistake , 2002 is the correct year ,and the battery is still working fine