I would suggest it's highly likely that if you still have the Landrover branded (Excide ? mine is) battery still fitted it will be the original or a replacement one under warranty at some point in the past.

If you go to a decent Garage, i.e. not a fast fit place or Halfords, they will have a decent modern tester that will give a read out / print out of the batteries condition. Internal resistance , Life cycle % left, available CCA etc.

I bought a "Ring" diagnostic tester for about £100 a few years back and find it very useful, not only for cars but for the caravan leisure batteries and my motorbike. A decent modern multi stage charger/conditioner is also worth having. C Tek for instance.  2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

Sidthecat wrote:

Bought mine from non-LR dealer about 14 months ago. Is there any simple way of telling how old my battery might be? Numbers/codes on the battery itself?
Its a 63 plate SD4HSE auto, without the stop-start feature

My vehicle (a stop start 'e' variant) is on its second battery in nearly 10 years [09 plate]

I left my vehicle for 8 days, got up this morning, expecting 'a problem'. The key fob opened the doors, inserted the fob, pressed the 'start' button and it burst into life !!

What more do you want

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Mine is well on its way to battery Valhalla... getting the 'three minutes to self destruct - your crap car is about to spoil another day for you' warning quite frequently. Touch wood it hasn't completely given up yet.

When I am able to drag my body, raddled as it is with man flu with radiation sickness complications, from my sick bed I will get another. I had planned on a Varta Silver Dynamic 585 400 080 for under a hundred quid but Yuasa inform me that I have an AGM fitted at three - four times the price...

I can't physically check it right now but it's a MY13 (63) SD4 HSE Lux Auto with no stop start if anybody knows differently to Yuasa...

Tayna do a good range of stop start batteries and if you tick the newsletter box the come even cheaper.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

HappyNomad wrote:

Mine is well on its way to battery Valhalla... getting the 'three minutes to self destruct - your crap car is about to spoil another day for you' warning quite frequently. Touch wood it hasn't completely given up yet.

When I am able to drag my body, raddled as it is with man flu with radiation sickness complications, from my sick bed I will get another. I had planned on a Varta Silver Dynamic 585 400 080 for under a hundred quid but Yuasa inform me that I have an AGM fitted at three - four times the price...

I can't physically check it right now but it's a MY13 (63) SD4 HSE Lux Auto with no stop start if anybody knows differently to Yuasa...

I'd do a bit more research if I were you, my car is almost the same as yours (just not a Lux model) and no stop / start fitted and is lead acid. when I was looking around, all the web sites came up with the cheaper lead acid option and stated for non stop / start models.

Best option for me was a Yuasa Silver with a 5 year guarantee from Halfords reduced to £92 using my Halfords trade card which knocks 20% off the retail price.


Just looked on the YUASA app on line and it's telling me my car (search by reg number) is fitted with Stop / Start and a AGM battery which is totally wrong  2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

HappyNomad. Are you 100% sure it’s not stop start? I fitted a new battery on a customers KA once as it packed up and fitted an AGM one and the stop start worked - my supplier said it needed a stop start battery. The customer had had the car 2 years and the stop start had never worked - she didn’t even know it had it! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Wouldn't it have a disable switch for it if it was fitted, my mates RR Sport has and my Tiguan had one as well  2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

Now you mention it, yes.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

My FL was new in March 2011. It still has an LR branded battery that I assume is original. The stop start doesn't work any more but other than that it is fine. I only use it at weekends and so far haven't had any problems.
…… So, I'll be needing a new battery soon

Steve D wrote:

HappyNomad. Are you 100% sure it’s not stop start? I fitted a new battery on a customers KA once as it packed up and fitted an AGM one and the stop start worked - my supplier said it needed a stop start battery. The customer had had the car 2 years and the stop start had never worked - she didn’t even know it had it!

HappyNomad wrote:

. . . raddled as it is with man flu with radiation sickness complications . . .

HappyNomad wrote:

Mine is well on its way to battery Valhalla... getting the 'three minutes to self destruct - your crap car is about to spoil another day for you' warning quite frequently. Touch wood it hasn't completely given up yet.

When I am able to drag my body, raddled as it is with man flu with radiation sickness complications, from my sick bed I will get another. I had planned on a Varta Silver Dynamic 585 400 080 for under a hundred quid but Yuasa inform me that I have an AGM fitted at three - four times the price...

I can't physically check it right now but it's a MY13 (63) SD4 HSE Lux Auto with no stop start if anybody knows differently to Yuasa...

HappyNomad wrote:

I am as sure as I can be given that it has never happened, no switch etc. When I can drag my bones out to the car again, I will of course check the existing battery and replace like for like.

Thank for the thought though....

is there any logic to make you think if you pick a new battery with the longest guarantee on it, it may last longer than a battery with a lesser guarantee ?

I've had my HSE for 2 years now the lady before me had changed the battery a year earlier, so the battery is 3 years old, it was fitted for her by the RAC and is branded as an RAC battery with a 5 year guarantee, hoping it lasts longer than 5 years and 3 days  2017 SEAT Ateca 4drive 2.0 xcellence (May 2022 -
2007 HSE with HST bodykit in Zermatt Silver 169,700 miles (dec 2016 - May 2022 )
2007 Honda Civic Type S GT (2012-2017)
2002 Mini Cooper S (2008-2012)
1992 Honda Legend 3.2i (2003-2008)
1990 Honda Concerto (1999-2003)
1985 Honda Accord (1997-1999)
1983 Honda Accord (1993-1997)
1983 Mini Mayfair (1988-1993)
1974 Mini 1000 (1979-1986)