What replacement battery did you fit ?

[Rob_benton]

Hi

Looks like I might need to replace my original 2013 battery.

Does anyone have recommendations for which battery that’s not main dealer ?

Am I right in thinking it is a AGM or is it EFB as some companies say it’s either ?

And can a independent workshop code the battery in your experience?

Thanks

[mcmaddy]

Check Euro car parts as they've always got weekend discounts off. Pretty sure it's AGM for stop/start cars and any decent garage will be able to code it in. If not then plenty of people with vcds or OBD11 will be able to.

[Rob_benton]

Thanks for the advice

[rwleigh]

Hi

Looks like I might need to replace my original 2013 battery.

Does anyone have recommendations for which battery that’s not main dealer ?

Am I right in thinking it is a AGM or is it EFB as some companies say it’s either ?

And can a independent workshop code the battery in your experience?

Thanks

Nice price for a BOSCH with a 5 year warranty.
https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/bosch/s5a08/

Anyone with an obdeleven can code it for you, it's pretty easy.

[Trickeytree]

Hi

Looks like I might need to replace my original 2013 battery.

Does anyone have recommendations for which battery that’s not main dealer ?

Am I right in thinking it is a AGM or is it EFB as some companies say it’s either ?

And can a independent workshop code the battery in your experience?

Thanks

Nice price for a BOSCH with a 5 year warranty.
https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/bosch/s5a08/

Anyone with an obdeleven can code it for you, it's pretty easy.

Good price, I had the RAC out and they fitted the same battery for about £190. 5 year guarantee and he did all the recoding.

[Finglonga]

I went for the Halfords 096AGM Start/Stop AGM 12V Car Battery 4 Year Guarantee  at £125 with the Trade Card, easy to DIY fit and code with OBDEleven.

[gadgie]

Hi

Looks like I might need to replace my original 2013 battery.

Does anyone have recommendations for which battery that’s not main dealer ?

Am I right in thinking it is a AGM or is it EFB as some companies say it’s either ?

And can a independent workshop code the battery in your experience?

Thanks

Not sure this is much help but I just checked my 2016-plate GTi and it came with a Sebang EFB battery 6R0 915 105B.

[GolfTi]

Mine still seems OK, always 70 - 80% when I check the state of charge. It will no doubt be due for replacement soon as 7 years might be pushing it.

I will go with Varta or Bosch 096 AGM when the time comes. Many bad experiences of so called value batteries.

[Gnasher]

Mine still seems OK, always 70 - 80% when I check the state of charge. It will no doubt be due for replacement soon as 7 years might be pushing it.

I will go with Varta or Bosch 096 AGM when the time comes. Many bad experiences of so called value batteries.

For info - mine seemed stuck at 80% leading up to it failing. I ended up with jumper cables in the boot (just in case) which I only needed once when it went totally.

[Juicetin]

My "state of charge " on the MFD was showing 0% for some time, despite a few good runs. The stop start hadn't been working for weeks and the display screen said "Power Consumption High".  I hadn't yet got a "low battery" warning but i sensed it wouldn't be long coming.
My car is just over 3 years old. I took the decision to replace with a Halfords (Yuasa) 096 AGM and they coded it too. Just about every single warning light came on when fitted, all but one disappeared upon driving, I had a persistent ACC Error afterwards but this has finally cleared now too.