Agree with what Steve has said about batteries but it is worth noting that warranties issued usually only cover what they consider to be the remaining life of the battery. I had a battery fail some time ago which was still under the 5 year waranty period, when I claimed I was told that I would only get back the remaining two years i.e. 40% of the original cost of the battery. It is worth investing in a good quality unit though, less likely to need the warranty.
Nich.
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Manufactured on Tuesday 27th April 2004 @ 12.17.47.
Commission Number: 24468.
Brochure Model: M3 Tourer 4.6 V8 260PS.
Specification Code: L01B.
CICode: D1511.
Trim Level: TL8.9 (M3).
65th ZT-T 260SE to be made out of 115.
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It does depend on where you purchase the battery from, Halfords will replace like for like but the new batteries warranty stops at the same time as the date of the first one purchased. I usually purchase my batteries from a local motor factor and he will give me a new receipt if I ever have a failure, so as long as my batteries fail within the warranty period I never need to buy another, saying that I have only ever had one fail within the warranty period.
If you plan to keep a car a battery that comes with a 4 year warranty is a good idea, I have a customer who purchased a non branded battery from Euro cap parts, 2 year warranty and when it failed after 6 months they replaced it with another that lasted another 6 months or so. He returned that and was told it must be his car and gave him a partial refund. If a manufacturer does not brand there product what does that say?
Steve
Perhaps you would have thought that a Bosch battery would be just that. Maybe I was just unlucky; maybe not!Originally Posted by Nich
Bosch would have done me 50% discount on the 'official' retail price on the same Bosch battery. I had to take it a regional centre for that to be ratified too.
David
Last edited by David; 08-05-2021 at 01:44 PM.
The problem apparently is the amount of fake stuff that is about. My motor factor has told me numerous tales of product that looks legitimate but is total junk. He was duped into buying some NGK spark plugs that were from a legitimate supplier and it was not until he had loads coming back and he enquired with NGK did he realise he had been scammed. That cost him £thousands to sort out.
Steve
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