I have been having battery problems for some time now. When the car was only 6 months old, it was in an accident and spent seven weeks being repaired. The damage was rear end only. When I got it back, I started getting starting problems where one day it was fine and the next day it was pretty much dead and I had to get recovery out to start it. (I subsequently bought a booster/charger).

My initial thoughts were that it had probably spent its time at the repairers being started and stopped as they moved it around the shop without any long running to charge it. It was also delivered back to me on a trailer so still no long run. I have given it plenty of long runs since then but the problem occasionally rears its head when it suddenly won't start one day. Now that I am retired, I don't do the mileage I used to but still do enough to keep the battery charged I would have thought. However, the battery voltage always seems low, even shortly after a long run. Last Sunday I came back from 600 miles of mostly motorway driving over the previous week. I checked the battery voltage this morning and it was 11.6V. Surely it shouldn't have dropped this much in four days!

Anyway, I contacted my dealer to ask if I they could do a battery check and they said they could but it would be £132! I asked if this would be covered under warranty as the car is only two and a half years old and they said they didn't know and it would have to be taken up with the warranty company.

Ultimately I an not sure what to do. I could get a free battery check at a number of places but they would expect me to buy a new battery from them if it was goosed. I am concerned about getting it checked at the dealer as they may say it is not covered under warranty and it would cost me less than £132 to get a new battery in the first place.

Edited by davecooper on 18/05/2023 at 13:47