My car won't start this morning.
My car battery was 1.5years old.
Lights, radio, cam coder all functional.
1.5 still very young leh,

maintenance free? id consider 1.5 years normal

ive had them die at 1 year before..... and none has reached 2 years (other than my old amaron battery)

my original battery from Toyota died within 2 years. then i changed to Hitachi brand, it has been 2.5 years and still going strong.

sometime its not about battery but car itself.
battery last for 3 yrs in my latio, but less than 2yrs in swift.
same brand .. Incoe MF battery

This post has been edited by bob: Aug 29 2018, 10:47 AM

My Audi original AGM battery lasted the past 5 years (still using), last check with Lansoi battery meter still show 68% State of Health. He he

My wife Estima was fitted with Amaron Pro battery, lasted 23 months. Car with power door, suck more juices no choice.

I am charging my car batteries every 2 months using Bosch C7 charger to keep them healthy.

This post has been edited by amdxp: Aug 29 2018, 10:48 AM

Avoid maintenance free battery

Now I am abit concerned about my Axia, manual gear.
The car itself is already 1.5 yrs old. But already done 44,000km on its original battery. (I run alot due to nature of my work)
And I start the engine per day very frequently.

Recently bought a battery voltage meter from Mr Diy which plug into the cigratte lighter. So far with engine off it's showing 12.7 volts. Which is good. Once in a while goes down to 12.5V

But my question is, should I replace it soon with such high mileage? Engine still starts. I am closely monitoring my voltage meter.
And sometimes i switch on the aircond fan with the engine off just to blow some wind on my face while waiting, rather than running the engine.

Btw the car came with Panasonic battery. Non maintenance free Which i prefer. But its not a NS40 battery. It's rated in DIN.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Aug 29 2018, 11:03 AM

Why need to charge it? isnt that is the use of alternator to charge the battery when you use your car?

Norm life cycle is 1.5-2 years.

Car’s lcd clock, internal light and brake indicator give a good indication of a weak battery. Once these emitter/light start to have small fading during idle mean the battery is about eol.

If not driving, battery will drain slowly till empty. Bad for health. I also have the C7 charger mostly for charging when not using the car for weeks or months. The charger itself is intelligent and will charge when necessary.

normal...especially yokohama,century and such famous battery...


go for higher end battery brands...

Yup i know, just wondering coz he says batt still good after 5 years. so unless he rarely use the car, its abit impossible to reach 5 years.

my current batt is >2 years old iinm still no sign of dying soon. Century i think lol

im using century 1.5y-3y. dont ask me why idk. but prepare a spare battery in your car. u dont want to stuck in the middle of the road

this brand no sign one. it just die when it wants to die

Normal

5 years possible if battery is located in the rear boot or under the rear passenger seat. My former BMW E32 battery is below the rear passenger seat and lasted 5 years with minimal driving. I guess heat from engine will kill any battery easily.

Now I'm looking for super caps to replace the battery. Saw on YT many claimed will last much longer than standard battery.

Why 1.5 yrs normal?

My ford battery waranty for 3 yrs.

US ford battery warranty 5 yrs LOL

Only malaysian change battery 1~2 yrs..

Why impossible? Mine lasted 4 years before !

All is depend how you drive the car, the killer is the heat, if car always drive long distance, it last long time, for city drive, shorten its lifespan.

good for u.

so far mine is about 2 years now. hopefully can last 4-5 years too

I don't drive too long a distance daily, something like 40km (to/fro work) so it may be a bit inefficient to only let the alternator does it work. So better do frequent charging (tickle charge mode) to keep the battery CCA strong.

The car that has battery lasting > 5 years is Audi A6 hybrid, it has 3 batteries, AGM crank battery, small EV assist battery and the enormous hybrid battery. All 3 located in the boot, not subject to any engine heat.

I do drive the car about 3 weeks (5D/week) every month. So it's not exactly hardly drive. The one that I regularly charging are the crank battery (the one that we use to crank start the car) and the EV assist battery. The small EV assist battery did not last for 5 years though, only 2.5 yrs.

I've been using maintenance free (MF) battery for many years and usually they last as long as wet battery I used before. Averaged around 3 years.

This is more like how matching the alternator and the battery. How frequent you drive.

last time my car battery changed approx one year once..

after changing 4 times in 3.5 yrs, i can't take it anymore, surprisingly got the battery sensor malfunction letter from the vendor. sent the car to be fixed in sc. hopefully now it will last longer.

Guys thanks for the feedback.

Manual car, worryless. Later ask ppl push it if cant start.
You should start worry when your volt meter show less than 12.4 after overnight parking.

almost everyday