Halfords Car Battery Warranty For Used Car

Mistral001

johnggold wrote: »

I recently bought a used car from a garage, and the Halfords battery has failed.

I checked the battery and it had a section requiring the date of purchase to be marked with X's on the month, year. Nothing marked.

However it did have the date for Recharge printed by the manufacturer.

This was dated October 2018. I then checked the same date in store and the new batteries were dated July 2020. This dates the old battery to less than 2 years, and the battery which is Halfords own make has a 4 year warranty.

I purchased the new battery and I pointed out during purchase that Halfords were not marking the battery, nor taking the registration number of the vehicle.

When I approached Halfords, when presenting the old battery the next day, they insisted on the original purchase receipt, which I would not have, since I purchased the car with the battery.

I believe that not marking the battery, plus not recording the vehicle registration at timer of purchase deliberately ensures that in many cases they can refuse to honour the warranty.

I intend to contest this, from reading various blogs, but would welcome advice on whether to contest on fitness for purpose or on other grounds.

Are you for real. You have developed a whole conspiracy theory just because you bought a car with a duff battery.

Why should they have taken the car number? They cannot do that without the permission of the owner anyway. They do not even have to take the name of the purchaser if the purchaser does not want to give it.

Your dispute is with the person you bought the car from.

Richard53

Jackmydad wrote: »

H'm I've been looking at batteries, the one on the car is pretty old, but seems to be at about 75% charge after a few days measured by the voltage.
I was looking at Halfords batteries. . .
Perhaps I'll look elsewhere.

I always use https://www.tayna.co.uk/ these days for car, bike and leisure batteries. Usually much cheaper than places like Halfords, named brands and next day delivery. The only reason to buy from Halfords is that it is Friday afternoon and you absolutely must have it for the weekend.