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Hi all,


My battery dropped from 100% to 10% in only 2 days.

I went for a 40 min drive and it got back to 80%, which suggest's it isn't the alternator but needs a new battery.

Which is the best to get?

I currently have this fitted: https://batterygroup.co.uk/batteries-by ... 092?c=1354

Perhaps there are better out there? Assuming if I get a different one then it'll need to be coded in.


Thanks

All the quality brands are much the same. The battery function in the car needs to know there's a new battery so yes, it needs coding - but all that has to be done is to skip on the current code by one digit, there's no validation or anything like that.

Jim Haseltine wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 09, 2025 3:59 pm

All the quality brands are much the same. The battery function in the car needs to know there's a new battery so yes, it needs coding - but all that has to be done is to skip on the current code by one digit, there's no validation or anything like that.

Ok cheers Jim

After replacing the battery the fuel pump fuse blew. Thankfully my mechanic knew it was that and fixed right away, otherwise I'd have been left stranded!