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The good news is the OP's battery should be covered under warranty.

I've drained (accidentally) my battery and after jumping my RL, still got years of use out of the old battery before having to replace. As usual, YMMV.

 

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The OEM battery life has been all over the place... from a few months to 6+years. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to the length of service before failure.

Personally, I put one of the WM Everstart Maxx in mine about 3 years ago. I don't recall the size, but if 24F is the correct size, I see no reason to take back the Duracell battery if it has enough CC amps, etc.

I have no idea what you mean about blown up fuses. But it could very well be your battery. Especially if you make a lot of short trips. The battery may never get fully recharged after a start.

There was a lengthy thread about that on here somewhere.

 

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I agree... check for the cheap stuff first.

FYI, Honda replaced an alternator on my Pilot at 93k miles when it failed as we pulled out of our garage on a Saturday headed out for vacation. Fortunately (or unfortunately, as the case may be), Honda was open on Saturday. They charged me nearly $600 for a reman that took them about an hour to install.

If you can DIY, you can likely pick up a good reman for $125-ish with your core.

 

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Hmm. I wonder if it would be safe/wise to connect a jumpstart battery (like the Clore JNC 660) for a while before trying to jumpstart.

I'm not sure. I've only tried on a dead hybrid car but didn't leave it connected for any length of time. And I think I used a smaller capacity Jumpstarter from Costco instead of the more powerful JNC 660.

Regardless, it wouldn't start. So maybe it would be a good thing to leave the jumpstarter connected for a while, then connect a conventional charger and see if the battery will now take a charge.

Otherwise, I don't know too many people who keep a 12v car battery laying around the garage for a rainy day scenario.

 

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Ditto here.

Next battery swap, I'll use my Jump starter plugged into the OBD2 port to power the systems during the swap. That will keep my trip meter info, etc.