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Think I need to replace my battery has anyone replaced a battery thus far? Where is best place to get one, should I stick to the original supplied unit or get a better one?


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Have you tried re-conditioning it?

No mate but I think I need to be reconditioned £528 from Audi!!!!


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Would the battery be covered by the manufacturers warranty which is still valid until end of October.


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No!

Can get a CTEK 5.0 for £50-60?

Cracking bit of kit, can bring a battery back from seeming dead.

Recommended to "condition" your battery once a year, or use to charge if car left for a while.

My previous car was 12 years old still on original battery.

rtd wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:33 pm

No mate but I think I need to be reconditioned £528 from Audi!!!!


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Crazy prices! I understand that the humble battery of yesteryear is now a sophisticated bit of kit so much so that the car systems need to be updated with the identification number of the battery to optimise its charging and life! So not sure if just any garage can fit a replacement (without VCDS or the like). I’d hope that if it is a like for like replacement (capacity/ chemistry etc) then the coding would only be a housekeeping and not a technical issue.

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.ph ... eplacement

If you do get your existing one load tested remember not to allow then to apply the tester for more than a 1 or 2 seconds or you will definately need a new one (the internal battery temperature will rise so quickly it will damage the internal plates etc!)

Thanks for the advice folks will look into CTEK, but I think in my current circumstance I may just replace.

I can certainly recommend the CTEK as I have rejuvenated quite a number of car batteries with mine.

As regards a replacement battery, do look at carbattery2u.co.uk They do great deals, including the cost of rapid delivery.

eg. their 019ss (stop start)battery:

Varta Car Battery AGM 019 / G14 / DIN 595901085
£190.33 ( inc. Vat)

Doesn't a new battery need to be coded for some reason?

slight issue its totally dead now. went to start it this morning after two days and nothing - am I right in assuming battery is in boot? Car is parked up against rear wall does it have any terminals in engine bay where I could jump start it?

Yes Gurj. Battery in boot underneath everything. There’s battery jump access under bonnet.

Mate you are a ️


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Call out Audi breakdown assist! They may even change it there and then under warranty as dealers vary between what they will not replace under warranty

I’m not sure I have that mate or is that a free service with the warranty?


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