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SWMBO has just called to say the car refused to start. Battery dead. They are in a carpark with a full load of groceries & 2 kids...
Guess LR will be needing to look at it after all...
Yeap - at the last service in January, I asked Graeme Cooper LR to do a end-of-warranty inspection. :) I have (Allianz) extended warranty but would still prefer to have no questions asked if necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by SBD4
My D4 was one of the first Oz deliveries.
I'm on battery number 3....all under warranty. I've got an AGM now...so fingers crossed.
I never got any warning lights....car just cranked normally but wouldn't start.
At least I know now that if that happens again, first port of call will be a battery check and can easily be fixed temporary with a jump start.
LR started using AGMs in Brissy cause the originals kept failing.
My battery lasted only 18 months and was replaced under warranty. As mentioned by others LR are now replacing the original Varta flooded cell units with Exide AGM units.
Maybe this is an indication LR also recognise there is a bit of a problem with D4 battery life. There certainly seems to be more than a fair share of D4 battery bellyaching around the interwebs.
My D3 S bought new Feb 07, Built Dec 06 still has original Varta Battery and seems good. Also Aux battery which absorbs load of CB, Fridge & camp lights. (92,000 klms)
My battery lasted about 4 days from when I picked the D4 up.
The vehicle was a demo and had 1,000km on the clock. I commented that the battery sounded a bit "doughy" the day that I picked it up, but was told that it was most likely because it had not been used for a couple of days and would "pick up" once I took it for a drive.
It died on the Saturday morning. LR sent out a service vehicle to jump start me - I got him to put a multi-meter across the battery once we had it going and from that determined that the alternator output was normal - so must be the battery.
Drove straight out to the dealers and asked them to replace the battery. They wouldn't, as it was Saturday and there was nobody in the service department, and they wouldn't accept my advice that the battery was stuffed. So they gave me a new Freelander for the weekend. Service department called me about 10 on Monday morning to tell me that vehicle was ready to be collected. When I asked what the problem was - response was "battery was stuffed".
Have had no problems with it since - but I do drive between Perth & Kalgoorlie pretty regularly, so it gets plenty of long runs to bring the charge level back up to normal.
Can someone provide the number of the AGM replacement please? I've been suspicious of mine since it wouldn't start the D4 last October so would like to have the details on hand in case I have to get one in a hurry.
Graeme
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Originally Posted by Ferret
I don't know if it is still the case, but I remember that when the D4 was first in the showrooms they all had flat batteries from staying "awake" so much with the doors opened and closed etc. In the end a lot of them had their batteries disconnected, the doors unlocked on request, or the batteries connected up to chargers regularly. Wouldn't surprise me that the battery of a demo would be in bad condition. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BMKal
I wasn't impressed when at the end of warranty service my battery needed to be put on a charger to bring it up to full charge after I had just travelled 500 kms to get there and had reported that it had gone flat the day before but it wasn't replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferret
Mine died on the weekend, 2 years 1 month - Jump started for next few days with the Thumper until back in Perth.
Dealer in Perth was really good and replaced under warranty. They said they have not replaced many at Southerns (and the service guy was surprised at the size of the battery, not to mention the price on the order form at $530....) , but they got one over from Barbagallo and dropped in.
As the forum has noted, replaced the Varta with Exide 850cca AGM....