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2 year battery guarantee

  • 13-12-2010 11:25pm
    #1
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,972 ✭✭✭


    hi all

    i bought a new battery last summer, , it had a 2 year gurantee, its dead now, and that car has been lying up about 2 months now. would you take the battery back, or just charge it?

    what does the warranty cover?


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  • #2
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Did you expect that the battery wouldnt go down after 2 months?

    I dont see a fault with the battery tbh. Batteries dont like being let down like that though and an old battery can die when let to go flat like that but in your case, its a relatively new battery so it should charge up again


  • #3
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,972 ✭✭✭patrickc


    mickdw wrote: »
    Did you expect that the battery wouldnt go down after 2 months?

    I dont see a fault with the battery tbh. Batteries dont like being let down like that though and an old battery can die when let to go flat like that but in your case, its a relatively new battery so it should charge up again


    just wondering thats all, i can charge it, but are they expected to last longer than 2 months from more or less new?


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    They'd last 2 months if not being used *at all*; but I'd suspect the car was draining it slowly. Modern cars can draw quite a lot, as can faulty older cars or ones with badly fitted aftermarket car kits or radios. Just charge it.


  • #5
    Wheelnut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 977 ✭✭✭Wheelnut


    The guarantee only applies if the battery is faulty. In your case the battery was in a car and may not have been fully charged to start with, then you left it for two months in the car so that it had all the trickle drains mentaining the systems, and now it's flat! I could make comments but let's just say that it may not be a faulty battery. :(


  • #6
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,624 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Is the car 'lying up' because of the flat battery or is the battery flat because the car hasn't been used for two months?

    Just so you understand, a lead-acid battery deteriorates when it's allowed to stand unused and flat i.e. if the battery is flat and you do nothing about it, it will deteriorate to the point where it is completely dead and useless. I think some of the posters have been skirting this issue to save your blushes.


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  • #7
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    I'd buy a trickle charger (About €30 in Halfords) and let her have a few hours on that. If it is still dead, take it back and exchange under warranty. Then use the trickle charger to look after the new battery.


  • #8
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    patrickc wrote: »
    just wondering thats all, i can charge it, but are they expected to last longer than 2 months from more or less new?

    I depends, was your alarm and immobiliser on, how new is the car(modern cars have lots of electronics that need a constant trickle of power from the battery) and of course the most obvious point, withing the last 2 months we've had a severe cold spell.

    If you are now going to drive the car everyday then it should regain full charge, if not then if your leaving it parked up, remove the battery and use a trickle charger.


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