Good Battery Makes

[anotheruser]

I've heard Yuasa are pretty good but tayna.co.uk is recommending a slightly more expensive "Enduroline" battery (but it has less CCA - I don't know what that means).

What should I be looking for?
And is it easy to replace myself? I have only replaced one in my life and that was on a Ford Focus.

[Pidgeonpost]

I've always been happy with Yuasa, Bosch, Varta, just matching the requirements of the car.

[anotheruser]

Originally Posted by Pidgeonpost

I've always been happy with Yuasa, Bosch, Varta, just matching the requirements of the car.

Yeah, I typed in the reg and it showed me the same type of batteries.
Will probably just get the Yuasa.

[Andymharrison]

I've had Numax leisure batteries in the caravan that have lasted really well, put one in the xc90 a couple of years ago and been fine. All from Tayna, great service.

But, if it hadn't been in the middle of covid I would probably have gone with another Volvo one, the car is an 05 plate and still had its original battery, in a smaller car it would have lasted a while longer but was getting a bit reluctant to start, the half mile of cable from boot to starter probably doesn't help a weak battery...

[Clan]

Originally Posted by anotheruser

I've heard Yuasa are pretty good but tayna.co.uk is recommending a slightly more expensive "Enduroline" battery (but it has less CCA - I don't know what that means).

What should I be looking for?
And is it easy to replace myself? I have only replaced one in my life and that was on a Ford Focus.

Try the genuine volvo.. often cheaper especially if you ask for discount.

[Ulrikas PA]

Varta vote here

[Tannaton]

Enduroline are I think associated with Tayna so they always recommend them.

I've had a number of issues with Yuasa recently.

So I would say if you have deep pockets - Bosch S5. If you are more value conscious - Exide. Have fitted about 15 Exide batteries from Tayna since pre-Covid and no issues with any of them, have them in all our vehicles from Massey Ferguson tractor to XC90....

[MDS40]

Tanatton, can i ask what issues you had with Yuasa batteries as my less than 2 year old 5000 series battery is not holding a charge.

[Ulrikas PA]

(I should have added that there's also been mixed reviews on Yuasa in the Subaru world - My Impreza has a Varta blue on it for the different polarity).

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by MDS40

Tanatton, can i ask what issues you had with Yuasa batteries as my less than 2 year old 5000 series battery is not holding a charge.

My previous XC90 was a project and had been stood a year so when I bought it, hence I needed a battery quickly and at the weekend, so I went to Halfords and got the top of the range one which was a Yuasa 5000 job. I thought the car had a parasitic drain as it never held charge for more than 2 weeks, but when I got around to testing it, and even leaving the battery cables disconnected, it only lasted 2-3 weeks before it wouldn't have enought power to start the car. Hence I took it back to Halfords about 3 months after buying it, and they put it on a tester which confirmed it was faulty and they replaced it there and then.

And then the exact same thing happened with the replacement battery after about 18 months - it would not hold hardly any charge and would only last about a week without the car being used before it was flat, but again Halfords replaced it immediately after their tester confirmed it was faulty.

With all confidence gone, I sold the new replacement battery on e-bay as brand new, unused and bought a Bosch battery from a local motor factors.

Other people swear by them but I'm not prepared to risk making a mistake for a third time.... I was lucky the first twice I didn't get left stranded.