Use in your GTI? My Ultramax is around 1.5yrs now. It got warranty of 18 or 20mths if not mistaken so if died under that then you can claim a new unit.

suzuki alto 2010 model.. year 2017 replace the battery..
originally come with Amaron battery maintenance free.. replace it with Amaron Go..
the car CBU from india..

That's really impressive 7 years for an Amaron battery + CBU all the way from India. Question was it a Maintenance Free or Flooded Battery or AGM etc ?

I am now hoping that all other Amarons in the country stands up to above 4 year period.

This Yokohama MF Gold Series battery belongs to someone else. It was handed over to me to do comparisons between batteries to find out & compare good quality made batteries.

The battery is really weak and since it's been scrapped by the owner, I will tear of the stickers. The warranty is no longer applicable since we're not claiming for it.

The fins do trap water besides I do not like the design which traps water.

If I had a blower or air compressor to blow dry the wet battery that would be great but since I don't have one, drying those fins is a hassle. Will try to get a picture of those fins at the sides tomorrow.

This post has been edited by Roman Catholic: Mar 2 2019, 10:44 PM

later will upload the battery pictures.. it is a maintenance free battery

battery only as good as ur alternator and the charge / discharge cycles..

battery in car in other countries last 5-8 yrs,
30,000 cold cranking amps in the winter, when car in under snow for 4-5 days.

asian batteries are almost all rejects..

Yup in GTI. The changed a new one for me. That new one is already close to 1 year old. Car hard to crank sometimes now.
I really didnt expect 1 year life span.

May I know how to claim warranty on car battery?
Do they give you a replacement straight away?
Or they take your battery back to investigate first before they give you a replacement?

i don't think they will give new battery straight away.

That means my car will be without battery until they give me a replacement unit?

What's the purpose of press start/stop 2 times???

Usually what happens is that, the battery reseller would lend to you a spare battery first, while they investigate the problem with the faulty battery that's under warranty.

If it's confirmed to be faulty, they would give you a replacement and you have to return back the battery that was loaned to you.

That's what happened to my neighbour battery. Keep your Battery Warranty Card in the car always.

Thank you for your reply.
At least we can still use the car.

As promised earlier, here's picture of the side with what appears to be vent design. For whatever purpose it was designed for, cleaning it ain't no fun plus drying as well.

Not only the sides with vent pattern makes cleaning harder but if you notice above the vents in the center there's a hole in the center and this hole is where liquid gets trapped in. Bad design overall.

Did you cover that vent hole when washing/cleaning the battery? Hopefully you did not put water inside that hole. If you are not claiming warranty can try to pry out the whole vent hole cover.

If you have battery charger at home maybe can rescue this battery probably suffering from sulfation.

I hope that's not the real vent hole but it's adjoining to the battery's handle. If it was a real vent hole that would be a complete disaster.

Anyway I haven't decided if I want to recharge this battery back to life cause if I did what am I supposed to do with it ?

Besides there were gunk all around this unit, putting this battery into service would be just asking for trouble. Will see how it goes or I might just end up tearing it apart to collect data.

This post has been edited by Roman Catholic: Mar 9 2019, 06:20 AM

guys. Amaron split up with power Zone, the whokle orange color battery. is it reliable? Currently on marathoner. get a preety bad feedback but I am using it ok. But I think I will get it change when it hit th warranty period.

I am very curious. Why u have so much interest in batteries? Lol. Hobby or what? For me, I dun even know what battery brand I am using! Usually they last 1 to 2 years only. I treat it as about rm300 expense every 2 years.. why bother with all those diagnostics .. just change new one.. not that expensive really

I might be wrong but most likely it is. Anyway no harm to revive the battery and keep at home. For me I personally use it to test my bulbs bought online, test my tyre pump motor or to jump start(at home) if you don't have a jump start power bank.. just to name a few uses..

I really like old cars and if the battery died that's it, I would just change it. It doesn't affect the car one bit.

However with modern cars its totally different. A weak battery is sufficient to cause a complete nervous meltdown.

Besides while travelling, the battery suddenly died during the journey & luckily we were near our destination. Cannot imagine if this happened while travelling in the middle of the highway !!!

You can also call this Preventive Management. Since then I have been adopting various different techniques just to prolong the battery lifespan and understanding better about battery management systems.

Just like any end user, what I want is quality and peace of mind plus bang for our buck on the things we buy. Nothing irks me more when the poor are scammed of their hard earned money, because businessmen sees its their right to mislead gullible end users.