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How to kill a car battery

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  • Flight3287462
    Flight3287462 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
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    edited 14 April 2022 at 8:21PM
    shiraz99 said:
    I have just replaced my stop/start battery thought it was going to die last winter 20/21 if felt a lot better last summer but this winter it really was not enjoying life to the extent I was getting error codes for very strange things.  I was 11.9V  when I changed mine your story sounds very similar to mine.  Car 2016 Skoda Superb is feeling a lot better all error codes gone and the car is working well again.

    After a lot of research I bought mine (a Varta) from the battery group for £120.  (Varta = Bosch)
    Did you get your battery registered/coded?
    I did it myself with an OBDeleven (VAG cars only).  Great piece of kit, although not cheap it has probably saved me hundreds already.  (Also helps all the cars in the family (3) are Skodas.
  • Ibrahim5
    Ibrahim5 Posts: 1,326 Forumite
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    Motorguy won't be happy. Doing it yourself. You should have gone to your local indy. Good job he has put me on 'ignore'.
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