I assume it was a private sale and not from a garage? Therefore you can't take it back for them to replace? Unfortunately I know cars with stop/start etc have batteries that are a lot more expensive. I've only had my GTi a year so haven't had to break the bank on a battery yetI do know that if you buy an OBD11 (or possible a Carista which is cheaper might do it too?) device then you can program the battery yourself. If you don't know they've devices that plug into the port under your steering wheel to read diagnostic information among many other things. They've both sub £100I'm sure someone else will be able to comment soon can give you far more information about these than I can
Yeah if you get the same model battery you only need to change the serial number so the car knows it’s new, maybe ask around your area see if anyone will program it for you, I gave my spare away, but I still have gen1 and 2 in the car, so if around hertfordshire your welcome to get it coded
Quote from: Vwjap on 12 March 2021, 10:20Yeah if you get the same model battery you only need to change the serial number so the car knows it’s new, maybe ask around your area see if anyone will program it for you, I gave my spare away, but I still have gen1 and 2 in the car, so if around hertfordshire your welcome to get it codedI've had my car a year and still haven't got around to picking up an OBD11 yet. I was hoping it will drop in price but I missed out on grabbing one on BlackFriday. Was going to get the gen 2 as I have an iPhone but do have old Android phones around the house. Plan A is disabling the fake engine sounds but then I'm worried I'll want a RacingLine intake and then it'll be a money spiral from there aha