I own a leon 2014 1.4tsi FR. Returned to car after being away for just 10 minutes and it was completely dead, wouldn't even turn over. Lights flashed a few times on the dash and then went out. Called the RAC who diagnosed a buggered battery that wasn't holding its charge (no previous warning of any issue). He got us started and followed us to halfrauds which was our only option of a Saturday evening then left for another callout.
The old battery was an Exide EFB 59ah. the recommended battery on the system in halfrauds was an 096AGM 70ah. The RAC man said it wouldn't need coding but halfrauds said it would but they didn't have an 'expert' available for 2 or 3 days. So we fitted it ourselves which was easy & on first start up it gave a start/stop error and tyre pressure warning. Re-started the car and all error codes had gone.
My questions are... is it usual for a car that's only 3 1/2 years old to need a new battery?
Does it need coding and how?
Is it ok to use an AGM instead of an EFB?
There was a label on the side of the old battery that reads PROV= 41625 then 06 06 08 which to me looks like a date, if so what is a battery dated june 2008 doing in a 14 plate car?? (car was an ex management car owned by a Seat Dealer, have they swapped it out?)
so much conflicting information on google so I came to the experts instead
thanks in advance
The old battery was an Exide EFB 59ah. the recommended battery on the system in halfrauds was an 096AGM 70ah. The RAC man said it wouldn't need coding but halfrauds said it would but they didn't have an 'expert' available for 2 or 3 days. So we fitted it ourselves which was easy & on first start up it gave a start/stop error and tyre pressure warning. Re-started the car and all error codes had gone.
My questions are... is it usual for a car that's only 3 1/2 years old to need a new battery?
Does it need coding and how?
Is it ok to use an AGM instead of an EFB?
There was a label on the side of the old battery that reads PROV= 41625 then 06 06 08 which to me looks like a date, if so what is a battery dated june 2008 doing in a 14 plate car?? (car was an ex management car owned by a Seat Dealer, have they swapped it out?)
so much conflicting information on google so I came to the experts instead
thanks in advance