Car Battery Warranty After 1st Replacement Has Failed?

Maharishi

Grey_Critic said:

You cannot have warranty on warranty - HOWEVER - if the replacement part fails before expiry of the original warranty then the original warranty still applies.

***I still have 4.5 months left of the original 5 year warranty.*** therefore that is how much warrnty applies.

As stuhse has advised you need to check the charging system to ensure the battery failure is not caused by something else

I did; it's fine.

Maharishi

Rodders53 said:

How many miles do you drive?  Is it too little, too infrequently to make up for the self-discharge losses?

Do get the charging system checked out as well as replacing the battery.

I do long journeys on motorways at a steady 60 with nothing drawing power save my iPhone as a sat nav.  Journeys vary between 100 to 180 miles and are about a week apart on average.  I do no stop/start or piddly shops and back stuff as the van is solely used for my work.

As said to others; charging system is fine as is the resting voltage (12.72 vdc).  Its the cranking amperage that is not being delivered and that is how all my previous failures went over the past 35 years (in different vehicles obviously).  Diesel engines demand a higher CCA or it dies.

Maharishi

Barkin said:

Rodders53 said:

Maharishi said:

I really don't understand the 5 year warranty thing as I have never had a new battery, of any make, that didn't fail within that timeframe.  I think that 2-3 years is pretty common nowadays before they fail.

Really? I've never had a car or caravan leisure battery that failed that soon.  Admittedly we buy second user cars and sell on around 6 -7 years old... with the original battery still working fine.

Likewise. Wife's car is 9 years old and still on the original battery. Likewise the daughter's car, which is 10 yeas old.

Not so my own car. It's 17 years old, and the original battery gave up 4 years ago. The replacement (Bosch) seems as good today as the day I bought it.

It's a small diesel van, not a car.  I have killed Varta, Exide, and Yuasa (total rubbish).  My wife has a Bosch, in her midget-sized Citroen, and that is right as ninepence.

Barkin

Maharishi said:

Barkin said:

Rodders53 said:

Maharishi said:

I really don't understand the 5 year warranty thing as I have never had a new battery, of any make, that didn't fail within that timeframe.  I think that 2-3 years is pretty common nowadays before they fail.

Really? I've never had a car or caravan leisure battery that failed that soon.  Admittedly we buy second user cars and sell on around 6 -7 years old... with the original battery still working fine.

Likewise. Wife's car is 9 years old and still on the original battery. Likewise the daughter's car, which is 10 yeas old.

Not so my own car. It's 17 years old, and the original battery gave up 4 years ago. The replacement (Bosch) seems as good today as the day I bought it.

It's a small diesel van, not a car.  

My car's a diesel, with a bigger engine than your van... 

Maharishi

Barkin said:

Maharishi said:

Barkin said:

Rodders53 said:

Maharishi said:

I really don't understand the 5 year warranty thing as I have never had a new battery, of any make, that didn't fail within that timeframe.  I think that 2-3 years is pretty common nowadays before they fail.

Really? I've never had a car or caravan leisure battery that failed that soon.  Admittedly we buy second user cars and sell on around 6 -7 years old... with the original battery still working fine.

Likewise. Wife's car is 9 years old and still on the original battery. Likewise the daughter's car, which is 10 yeas old.

Not so my own car. It's 17 years old, and the original battery gave up 4 years ago. The replacement (Bosch) seems as good today as the day I bought it.

It's a small diesel van, not a car.  

My car's a diesel, with a bigger engine than your van... 

Good for you.

Barkin

Maharishi said:

Barkin said:

Rodders53 said:

Maharishi said:

I really don't understand the 5 year warranty thing as I have never had a new battery, of any make, that didn't fail within that timeframe.  I think that 2-3 years is pretty common nowadays before they fail.

Really? I've never had a car or caravan leisure battery that failed that soon.  Admittedly we buy second user cars and sell on around 6 -7 years old... with the original battery still working fine.

Likewise. Wife's car is 9 years old and still on the original battery. Likewise the daughter's car, which is 10 yeas old.

Not so my own car. It's 17 years old, and the original battery gave up 4 years ago. The replacement (Bosch) seems as good today as the day I bought it.

It's a small diesel van, not a car. 

Wow! Good for you. 

mgfvvc

Rodders53 said:

Really? I've never had a car or caravan leisure battery that failed that soon.  Admittedly we buy second user cars and sell on around 6 -7 years old... with the original battery still working fine.

I have, maybe twice.
I vaguely recall that a battery on a Maestro I owned back in the 1990s died within a year, but I'm not confident of the details.
More recently I bought a used Octavia, about 2007. The battery failed about 2 weeks after I bought it and the replacement lasted around 2 years. It was replaced with a heavier duty battery that lasted at least 6 years and was still good when it was PXed.

unforeseen

Maharishi said:

Rodders53 said:

How many miles do you drive?  Is it too little, too infrequently to make up for the self-discharge losses?

Do get the charging system checked out as well as replacing the battery.

I do long journeys on motorways at a steady 60 with nothing drawing power save my iPhone as a sat nav.  Journeys vary between 100 to 180 miles and are about a week apart on average.  I do no stop/start or piddly shops and back stuff as the van is solely used for my work.

As said to others; charging system is fine as is the resting voltage (12.72 vdc).  Its the cranking amperage that is not being delivered and that is how all my previous failures went over the past 35 years (in different vehicles obviously).  Diesel engines demand a higher CCA or it dies.

In which case get your starter motor & circuitry checked out as well