Pretty much what I suspected. They use those original batteries from France. I think it's the weather that's killing the battery.

So, fully.imported car may not be a good thing too.albert from peugeot france. First batch of 408 may not be fully assembled in MY.

Can we see the brand without opening any cover?

Btw, m now at sierraglow waiting my car to be pampered..mr choong agreed to touch up my car for the coating I did few months back. Happy with his customer service. Will monitor the coating effect for few months from now.

Jus checked, cant c the brand of the battery installed as it is fully covered. A little worry as car has been running for 6minths at 14500km so far.

Good idea. Will do so next week. By the way, I can smell sth burning in cabin with the internal air circulation function is turned on. Many occasion when I m trailing behind lorries with black smoke, I can smell it too. (Dont have this problem with old waja).

Gonna make appointment with them asap.....anybody wanna join? Lol. Just kidding.

Oh my god.. I got my Pug in Oct 2012, very likely the same batch with EnergyAnalyst. Now oledi clocked slightly more than 10,000km.

Need to find one day to go fix the below:-
1) Steering whirling sound when making turning
2) to check the internal ventilation system - outside smell still can flows in
3) to request them to change the battery?

Thinking back hard if any sign of weak bat was showing, i can only think of 2 occasions of small oddities

There was  1 time the car did not unlock when i press the unlock button, but I thought it was just me pointing wrong way, that happen may be a week or two back

2nd time , when i start the car without pressing the accelerator, it did not start, but doing it again shortly, it started like normal, that happened few days before my car broke down

But I could be paranoid now because things behave pretty normal aside those 2 occasions, to be safe may be watch out for these tell tell signs?

Also do what SKYjack suggest, run your car for a 1 hour straight trip on highways, but then again I was driving up to Ipoh to n fo on 1st march, so who knows ?

Hi Prody,

Mind sharing what is the mileage /time length of owneship when that happened? first time bat need change?

I was told my 2.0 NA is ready to be collected, with bat changed and installed, all system tested. Nego with the service manager who promise me to give RM50 discount for labour service for next 20k km service (but no black n white voucher, just recorded somewhere ,in their sytem perhaps?

Ground for asking:

Car bought end Sep 2012 (just over 5 months), mileage just over 10,000 km (service 10k km just 3 weeks back), so how can they missed it in the 1ok km service if the bat health was weak.

Need to take cab to collect car (no complimentary pick up from office to SC)

Yours also NA, I would not expect this to happen to NA, as battery drainage /lifespan should hold better compare to Turbo

The Serv Manager said, what is replaced is a newer version better battery, I will see it to believe it when I am there to collect my car after lunch

i also got it in oct 2012
will go for 10K service next monday.
and balik kampung this weekend

Crap....

Not the warranty, the inconvenience is the problem.

Crap....

Mainly city driver yes, but my daily morning run takes more than an hour.
Now I wonder if my USB drive which is always connected somehow can drain the battery.

If you ever wonder whats the cost of being a spirit driver~~ Here's the comparison.


Same route, same traffic condition, same driver

After I read your post, I check my USB drive when reach home this evening. I switched off the engine and open the centre console to check my USB. I observed from outside and my USB drive still lighted. So I took it off.

2 hours later when I try to start the engine, it won't start. Wipers move half way n all light indicators went off. So, sudah kena lah..

Called toll free number and the guy told me that the battery in Cheras area is out of stock. So I have to wait until tomorrow morning for the battery to be replaced. They will send from Balakong SC. Luckily it happened at my house.

I bought mine in June 2012 and my mileage is 17K. Long distance travel once a month to my hometown in Labis. The rest, city driving.

Now I regret taken out my USB drive. Should leave it there. So, early owners, brace yourself..

wow once a month outstation driver also kena this battery problem. I've never used my USB. I'm 60% outstation driver,was thinking of loading my pen drive with music to play it in the car. Now scared already,although my battery seems good.