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Car Battery

totemant
totemant Posts: 2 Newbie
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I have a Ford Galaxy from new 15 months ago and today battery had gone on it as confirmed by RAC. My question is will this be covered under the 3yr warranty car came with??
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  • molerat
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    edited 1 March 2015 at 12:43PM
    http://www.ford.co.uk/buyingandprotectingyourford/warranties/new-car
    so yes

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  • NiallB
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    I'm pleasantly surprised, I would have assumed they'd call a battery a wear and tear item.
  • stator
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    NiallB wrote: »
    I'm pleasantly surprised, I would have assumed they'd call a battery a wear and tear item.
    You'd have to start your engine a helluva lot of times in 15 months to wear out a brand new battery :D
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  • Geodark
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    stator wrote: »
    You'd have to start your engine a helluva lot of times in 15 months to wear out a brand new battery :D

    Exactly, I have just last year replaced the battery on my 2002 Zafira!
  • AdrianC
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    stator wrote: »
    You'd have to start your engine a helluva lot of times in 15 months to wear out a brand new battery :D
    Use doesn't kill batteries - abuse does. Let it go flat and stay flat, and that'll kill it far more quickly than a lifetime of stop-start.
  • Geodark
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    Use doesn't kill batteries - abuse does. Let it go flat and stay flat, and that'll kill it far more quickly than a lifetime of stop-start.

    As I found out with my motorbike battery...
  • C_Mababejive
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    What were the circumstances that led to the RAC being called? I too am surprised its failed so early...
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  • totemant
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    Came to start car this morning and nothing, No dash lights nothing!!! Called RAC out and they could not even jump start car. Car had been work fine up today
  • Strider590
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    edited 1 March 2015 at 7:40PM
    stator wrote: »
    You'd have to start your engine a helluva lot of times in 15 months to wear out a brand new battery :D


    Not really, if it was doing lots of short journeys you could knacker a new car battery in less than 6 months.

    If a lead acid battery is not at 100% charge, then damage is occurring due to sulfation.

    If your doing short journeys and the car is never quite getting the battery up to 100% charge, then it won't take long at all to kill it.
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  • C_Mababejive
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    I have a 2013 vehicle which has a silver calcium battery in it rated at 80Ah and around 800CCA. It has been playing up a bit recently i.,e i am having to jump start the vehicle sometimes if its left for a couple of days. It isnt sealed so i took out the vent plugs and looking at the visible top edge of the plates, they are not straight/interleaved. The top edges of all the plates are visibly rippled. The vehicle operates in a stop start environment so it might go through maybe 10 stop start cycles per day. Do we think its knack'd ? It hasnt lasted long !
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
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