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| TexasRover Member Since: 24 Nov 2022 Location: Paris Posts: 1041   
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I remember my parents Volvo 240 had the same Varta battery for 12years, left the lights on one day battery dead and never recovered. 12 years were batteries better then?
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3rd Aug 2024 6:37am |
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| H1Tad Member Since: 20 Jul 2024 Location: Maine Posts: 113 
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Battery health is determined by more than the quality of the battery itself. Charging system (alternator), cabling/wiring health, and overall vehicle use are huge factors into how long your battery will survive. I've got an Odyssey battery that I put in my FJ Cruiser in 2015 that still cranks up just fine when its below freezing outside and has sat for a week. Whereas the two year old Die Hard batteries (in parallel) that I had in my H1 died due to the fact that I was taking too many short trips to the sandwich shop and back - and wasn't giving the alternator enough time to recharge after glow plug cycling. Ended up taking out 2 alternators with them. These days we have a ton more electrical doo-dads and doohickeys that present drainage sources for batteries - so its no wonder that we go through them with more regularity. 2022 Defender 110 SE P400 Tasman Blue Expedition and Cold weather package 2003 Hummer H1 P400 Firehouse Red 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser |
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3rd Aug 2024 1:56pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2749 
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The battery in my old Defender was fitted in 2012 and was still fine when l sold the vehicle in 2022, 100,000 miles later.
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3rd Aug 2024 9:54pm |
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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Bramhall Posts: 1101 
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Your car was delivered on the same day as mine! I have done 29000 miles since. My battery is not showing any sign of deterioration, so I suspect you need to look at the charging system? 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV
1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy 1968 S2a 88 aka Bob 2014 Jaaaag F Type 3.0 Supercharged. |
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4th Aug 2024 5:48am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2749
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lt's not the first instance of battery failure l have read about.
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4th Aug 2024 7:34am |
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| DFNDER Member Since: 02 Oct 2023 Location: Perth WA Posts: 131 
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Modern vehicle systems use several orders of magnitude more power than (say) a 10 yo car. Smart alternators, hvac systems, adaptive cruise control, a myriad of sensors that are active even when the car is sleeping and complex engine management systems means a std 12v battery gets very highly utilized.
Short trips don't help at all and reduced manufacturing costs means the 'fit for purpose' duty for a battery is just that. Getting 2-3 years from a modern battery is good. I run lithium in my motorcycles and I hope to be able to swap to a lithium when the battery in the MY23.5 goes. |
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20th Aug 2024 12:51pm |
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