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Post by pre65 on Dec 31, 2014 18:56:16 GMT
My Renault van battery has started to discharge rather quickly, so I needed a replacement.
As my Volvo car has the same battery, I ordered a new one, fitted it to the Volvo, and put the old one on the Renault van.
As far as I can tell, both were the OE fitment. The car is 52 reg and the van 04 reg.
How long do modern batteries last ?
PS
The new one was a 100AH Varta, a bit more expensive than the cheapie ones on Ebay.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 31, 2014 22:42:43 GMT
OE ones seem to last a lot longer than many replacements. About 5-6 years if used every day and then I would be eyeing a replacement before being dumped somewhere and unable to start. It's worse for automatics.
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Post by pwiles1968 on Dec 31, 2014 23:29:44 GMT
Its has done well at 10 years if it is the original battery, I would expect a good quality battery to last 5+ years it is not something I expect to change often
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