[rajeev k]

Originally Posted by rajeev k

The Amaron, OE in my 2005 Swift Vxi is going to complete Eight very long years of absolutely trouble free service in four days time. That is by December 8.

It finally conked off in February which is eight years and two and a half months.

[Krishnan]

Can someone share experience on electronics heavy cars? Skoda Laura, 5 series and C class am particularly interested in. My experience is that 3 year+ on these cars is good. Also Fortuner any experience ? What can I expect

[JoseVijay]

Amaron battery in my Tata Safari Dicor lasted for 53 months. Replaced it with an another Amaron battery.

[sudeep.pandya]

My OEM battery of Verna is now at its 5th year. Still going strong!

[hyper-VTEC]

The second Exide Matrix battery on my WagonR is going strong even after 81 Months.

[sandeep3in]

Hi BHPians,

I have a Punto 1.3 MJD Emotion which is 3 Years and 8 Months old and the today it showed up 'EBD Failure' at the start of the engine and if i repeat it again then it goes away. Checked with Service Centre and they told the issue is weak battery and needs replacement. The OEM battery is 50 AH Exide Battery.

Checked in two sites www.batterybhai.com and www.batterywale.com, the Amaron battery which are quoted are 55AH and 60AH batteries. Is it fine to go ahead and change with higher capacity battery or should I stick with 50AH battery.

Note: I have Relay for higher powered headlights and Race Dynamics ECU in my car and would like to know if the higher powered Battery would affect these instruments.

Thanks

[neelchak]

My Linea's OEM Exide battery lasted for almost exactly 3 years. Lasted from October- 2010 to October-2013. My car used to have hot ignition failure. The mechanics advised me that it was because of the battery. Ever since, I changed the battery, I never had the same problem. I replaced it with Amaron as I was getting a better deal (price, warranty wise) than Exide and others, and also the reviews of Amaron were pretty good. So far no problem.

[Geo_Ipe]

OEM Exide lasted 7 n a half years on my Santro Xing.
Replaced with Amaron, just cos I thought I'd give a different brand a try!

[arin_12]

Just two days back I changed my car battery from OEM to EXIDE. It was fully dead and stopped in middle of the road. It lasted 7.6 years with all the music and display system.

[zenren]

Replaced my petrol Swift's battery with Exide after 6 years and 2 months.

[dre@ms]

Amaron in my Honda City lasted exactly for 2 years. All of a sudden it went dead and now replaced with Exide.

[abs182]

Originally Posted by dre@ms

Amaron in my Honda City lasted exactly for 2 years. All of a sudden it went dead and now replaced with Exide.

Its funny it happened. My Honda City's battery went kaput exactly 5 days over its 2nd birthday. I was surprised. With most OEM batteries going strong for 3 years +. But I guess Honda has to be blamed for such a lousy OEM battery. My car was a June 2010 purchase.

[dre@ms]

Originally Posted by abs182

Its funny it happened. My Honda City's battery went kaput exactly 5 days over its 2nd birthday. I was surprised. With most OEM batteries going strong for 3 years +. But I guess Honda has to be blamed for such a lousy OEM battery. My car was a June 2010 purchase.

Agree. I was under an impression that the battery can be charged, but the battery guy after inspecting said it needs to be replaced. Hope Exide lasts longer.

[IronH4WK]

My neighbour's Exide in his Swift VDI died just short of 3.5yrs. This was the OEM battery. How come same battery lasts shorter or longer in same/different cars?

[deepv]

My Fabia OEM battery seems to be dead since last couple of days, needs to be checked for how is the condition.
Never gave a problem in 5 & 1/2 years till now.

Is it ok to just show it to neighborhood mechanic, or should only show to an authorised battery dealer and/or car service center??