Thread: Price of OEM Battery For D3

Hi Terry,

I just installed one of these Supercharge MF88H last week in the D4. $229 plus delivery of $10 in metro.

https://www.onlinebatteries.com.au/a...MF88H&x=7&y=10

Don't know if it lasts as yet.

Oops, just search AULRO and see you have had one before (for six months anyway). Hope mine lasts better.

I was thinking Varta AGM (G14) for $410 up until the last minute but went for the Supercharge in the end as only got two years out of the last genuine Land Rover one anyway. ( I think the Optima D34 via Traxide in shared mode carried it for the last 4 months of that anyway).

Regards,
Gerry

Looks like the last Varta Ultra AGM G14 I supplied was $401.00. So hope this helps you choose.

Put an Acdelco in a couple of months ago. Too early to assess it's reliability, but around the $240 mark, from Newcastle Batteries.

According to the salesman it's made in the same factory as OEM, but no LR label. We'll see.

They sell online.

Try your local Caterpillar dealer. I know when I wanted one for my D2 they had many options and was a very good price. You can find there battery PDF brochure on line by searching.
Being off road equipment they are very well made.

Cheers

Let me google that for you..

VARTA G14 AGM DEEP CYCLE START STOP BATTERY 12V 95AH 850CCA 2YR WARRANTY

$385 Free Delivery on Flea Bay

Cheers
Chris

Hi Terry,
When the battery in my D4 died earlier this year, the Allianz roadside assistance guy that LRCC send out offered me a Supercharge MF88H - as he had them in the back of his ute. I knew that LR had recently replaced the Varta wet cell battery for an Exide AGM, I politely declined and said I'd go to the closest dealer to have one fitted. At that time, they were something like $624, IIRC. I'm glad they're covered under warranty!

Is it just the load cars now put on batteries that kills them? In the 12 years I've had my P38A I must have been through 6 batteries.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Is it just the load cars now put on batteries that kills them? In the 12 years I've had my P38A I must have been through 6 batteries.

It certainly would not help.

I think also due to alternators not looking after batteries.

Quality multistage battery charger will help and often.

Both my cars still going strong. Vw Touareg at 6 years still original and they go through the same issues. D4 almost 3 years and still going strong. Previous car 7 years and not replaced. Works for me.

Brett....