Thread: Recommended Battery 2011 D4

The recommended replacement is a Varta G14 - 595901 12V 95Ah 850 CCA AGM battery.

Almost twice the price you are talking about at ~ $500, but they claim three times the life cycle. I have one on order at the moment from Sydney ..................... should have been here Thursday but I'm relying on Australia Post.

The battery currently in mine is a "Supercharge" (can't remember ecactly what model without going out and having a look). Can buy these for about the same dollars you have mentioned. It has lasted about 4 years, which is probably better than I would have expected - but has no doubt been assisted by the fact that I have a Traxide system installed, with three batteries in total in the vehicle.

Another option is the Odyssey PC1350. It is generally about $20 more than the Varta, but is only 770 CCA so I don't see justification for one of these. I actually had one of these on order, but got stuffed around by the bloke selling them on eBay, so have opted for the Varta. In hindsight - probably a better decision.

I replaced the original factory Battery with the Varta... so far so good.

I had a Century from Battery World go on me a few weeks ago. Two months out of warranty (whatever that would be worth) it died overnight from working perfectly the day before. Not even a hint of weakness. It would not even accept a charge. It had never been flattened either. I replaced with same for circa $280. Original LR battery did nearly 7 years until I changed preventatively.

I had a varta H3 which recently died (major discharge - my bad, couldn't be brought back to life) it was under 2 years old so replaced under warranty. Upgraded to the G14 as mentioned above.

Thanks Gents, helpful as always!!

+1 for the G14 - never heard a car start so easy :-)

I bought a Varta G14 for my L322 last week from a NSW ebay seller $449 delivered - it arrived in 3 days by courier. The seller saw that the courier had dropped it off at the local servo (couriers don't come to my property) and was about to ask the courier to retrieve it and deliver it to my address, showing that the seller was right on the ball. As it happened, I had already picked-up the battery.

Me too. Varta G14 installed around 6 months ago. So far so good. Let's see if I get more than three years which is all the AGM LR batteries managed