Thread: Battery advice

Originally Posted by RHS58

It’s a long drive from Katherine to Darwin and back to replace a battery under warranty.
I thing I'd cut my losses and just replace it.
Unless you feel strongly about the principle involved.
It is probably worth a letter or email to the dealer and JLR but you’re probably wasting more time and effort.

Agree. Sucks but just not worth the fight. So question to those who have replaced the D4 battery is it a standard din88 and what is the recommended battery to replace it with ie landrover or aftermarket and which brand/ type if we can say that. The original has “Exide” on it.
Mine was giving low batt / start your car message not long after private purchase.

I ploughed ahead with an aux battery set up via a REDARC (as this was in the car) and ever since the optima has been propping it up. Land Rover Darwin are dead wrong. What’s worse is the low voltage cut out if 12.7 is simply not happening and both batteries equalising at 12.3 with nothing at all on load side of aux battery.

I have cycled the crank battery as per Tim’s advice but still sad. Unless of course 12.3 is normal???

Thanks
Turtle

Well my Varta AGM cost nearly $500 so I’d be fighting for the dealer to pay.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Well my Varta AGM cost nearly $500 so I’d be fighting for the dealer to pay.

$500.....yep them fighting words. I retract.

What's with all these battery fails? I've just had mine replaced under waranty, under 2 years old...

I have a Supercharge in my d4, 900amps, full 3 year replacement warranty, not pro-rata. Have a look at their website.

Originally Posted by Discodougie

I have a Supercharge in my d4, 900amps, full 3 year replacement warranty, not pro-rata. Have a look at their website.

Likewise, $229 i think they go for, it just outlived my Yellowtop Optima. which was $330...

So randomly the park brake in the disco decided that it wanted to do a bit of Opera singing when engaging/disengaging, then get stuck on when at the local sandwich shop. When I rang Darwin Land Rover they wanted me to drive it to Darwin and leave it with them, without a way back to Katherine or even a loan vehicle in darwin. After ringing Land Rover Assist and manually disconnecting the park brake I had it towed at Land Rovers cost to them. They were most happy about this.

Funnily enough though I had booked a warranty date with DLR, before I rang the assist line, and asked them to replace the battery as has been previously outlined. Was told it would be $196 an hour for the techs time if they deemed it a non warranty job.

Luckily for me I followed Tim's advice and disconnected the traxide. The car had to be jump started in their yard this morning!! Sure enough a brand new battery is going to be fitted!

Can't wait to see what they say about this park brake now...

Sounds like a good result for you then.
I'm confused about this park brake thing. If it has an "opera moment" & you manually release it, is the vehicle driveable then? Where have you been/what have you done that it is so out of adjustment?