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Thread: New battery at 2 1/2 years - covered under warranty?

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    Re: New battery at 2 1/2 years - covered under warranty?

    If you are only doing short trips, the battery will not charge enough - if I don't do anything more than to and from work, I stick my D4 on the battery charger once a week. I have a pair of LED battery meters for the main and aux battery so that I can see how the main battery is going, then make sure I top it up before it gets down to the non-starting stage (which has happened twice to me)
    I have shown my wife how to "jump start" the car from the aux battery, just in case it does it to her one day.

    Edit - not saying this is the problem, just my experiences
    - Justin
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    Are these roadside assist guys properly load testing the battery or just throwing a meter on - 12v mate she's right! ? Diesel engines are hard on batteries on startup.

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    Agree Meken, they did not do a proper load test on mine the first time, I was advised battery OK. Battery only replaced after second non start issue and me pushing them.
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meken View Post
    Are these roadside assist guys properly load testing the battery or just throwing a meter on - 12v mate she's right! ? Diesel engines are hard on batteries on startup.
    RACV have dedicated battery vans and those blokes seem to be a /bit/ more clued in than the general road side assist blokes.
    Now 2016 D4 HSE 'Leo' and Steve the Triumph Speed Twin
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    Quote Originally Posted by mojo View Post
    Anyway, it's going to be towed - not sure where yet, possibly Austral, but as it's broken down at Redcliffe apparently they may send it to MR Auto, which would be good.
    Is MR a LR dealer now? If not, they won't tow it there unless you're paying .

    Not many of the roadside battery vans carry the right battery for the LRs. Quite often they'd have a battery fitted to get the car mobile then they'd come into the dealership to have the right battery fitted.
    Scott

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