Hi ..... what would you consider normal for the life of a starter batt? My 2012 model is still running on the original batt,(Varta) should I be thinking of getting it replaced?

Chris 2012 GS
Indus Silver

Usual view is normal life is 5 years.
Mine is coming up for 10 and showing signs of starting to struggle to start the vehicle if left for a few days and stop/start no longer works.
So general consensus of opinion would be to replace but if it's still working OK then probably OK to wait a while longer.

Stop/start has packed in on mine as well. 2012 GS
Indus Silver

Mine is branded " Landrover" so I do not know if its original as I have very little service history with the car.

2010 model, stop / start seems to stop working if the car is left for a couple of weeks without much use.

Seems to me that the longevity depends on use / maintance. I have a halfords deep cycle battery on my boat that sees very little use, but has never let me down. It is trickle charged for around 6 months of the year, now around 10 years old.

I have a Varta 120 a/h on my old tractor, way over 10 years old, always trickle charged, still going strong.

However on my ride on mowers, I seem to replace the battery every 3 years or so..............I have just bought 2 oxford trickle charges for them, on sale a £20 each, so they are constantly trickle charged now. I will see if it was worth the investment in the chargers, as the batterys are around £50 each time.

Think mine is still on the original from 2008 Steve

2008 TD4 HSE Auto, Zermatt Silver

Hi,
replaced ours a couple of weeks ago the date stamp on the post was 18/13 (18th week of 2013) so original fitment
the stop/start had not been working for a few months and the sleeping voltage of the car was showing 12.4 and down to 12.2 after a couple of weeks.
Replaced with a Yuasa YBX9115 at £127 and 4 year warranty

Just checked sleeping voltage before using today (its been 2 weeks since it was fitted and not used the car!) and it was 12.7

car started quicker and s/s now working again after a bit of a run, about 40 mile trip.

after about 7-8 years your on borrowed time but as said if working ok leave it alone, first sign is the s/s not working though so it may be worth you checking the sleeping voltage of your car and start looking for a Black Friday/closing down/New years or some other excuse for a discount

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my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

I’m amazed how long it’s lasted. I had 2 banner leisure batts in my motorhome they went in just over 4 years. (Replaced Seth varta lfd90s). May see what it’s like when/if it gets colder. 2012 GS
Indus Silver

To check the 'date'of the battery.

look at the negative terminal and stamped on top is the WK/YR date code.

To check the 'date'of the battery.

look at the negative terminal and stamped on top is the WK/YR date code.

Hi,
I still have an Odyssey pc1500dt that would have been bought about 2005/6 for a D2 we did a lot of greenlaning with and use it as a spare for the caravan it does not hold charge as long as it used to which is why is not on a car now but still alive,
if not in the best of health

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my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

4 years they are on borrowed time. I don't want to be in the outback a 1000km from help. A battery amortised over 4 years doesn't cost much.

https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/le...id_battery Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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My wife's Peugeot still had the original battery after 11 years when we moved it on. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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My 64 plate with Stop Start failed earlier this year, I don’t think AGM batteries last as long as traditional lead acid ones, progress eh? 64 plate TD4 SE Santorini Black
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chrisinplymouth wrote:

Hi ..... what would you consider normal for the life of a starter batt? My 2012 model is still running on the original batt,(Varta) should I be thinking of getting it replaced?

Chris

At 8 years old it will be very near to the end of its life and the fact that the stop/start doesn’t work anymore points to this. With winter coming up, is it worth chancing getting caught out rather than perhaps changing it in advance of a non-start? What are you going to waste by changing it before it lets you down, 20 quid? You might even get that back in saved fuel when your stop/start is working again!

I changed the batteries on both my FL2 and my Evoque at about 6 years. The grief I’d get off of the wife if she got stuck out in it wouldn’t be worth it!  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Steve D wrote:

The grief I’d get off of the wife if she got stuck out in it wouldn’t be worth it!