Polo replacement batttery.

[Grant]

just bumping this thread for other people out there...

OEM battery died after 5.5 years

Called NRMA batteries out and they wouldn't replace it because they weren't 100% sure which battery was for the GTI (no mention of GTI models on their product code sheet)... absolutley useless.. why do I even pay my membership.

Went to Battery World Liverpool

$159 + $10 install for DIN53LMF

Greg, the store manager did the install. Ended up taking around 30 mins due to the difficulty removing the battery cover. So he waved the install fee. Big thanks to him, glad I didn't attempt it myself.

[noone]

Thanks for posting the model.

My '06 still has the original, I should start looking for a replacement, cant last much longer.

[blackbetty]

my factory battery lasted about 60000km, 6 yrs. for most of those 6 yrs i drove the car for 20 mins plus per trip. the last year it cranked a bit slower during winter, survived the summer and then died in the following winter when i and started to drive the car less often and much shorter trips. replaced it with a repco battery of some sort for about 170.
this one wont last long - im not driving the car much and when i do its short trips.

[noone]

Original battery finally died. Timing was a bit odd, hoping its not something else.

[csimpson]

Replaced my battery just before the new year, with a Century heavy-duty DIN65L for $199 from Supercheap - original battery gave up a few days before.

[Syd118TSI]

Dead battery after going away for just over a week. Managed to jump start it, but after a 40 minute drive it wouldn't turn over again. Jump started a second time and took it back home.

Called battery world and got a price on replacing it - $179 for century branded (don't have the model handy). Then for the life of me could not jump start it in order to take it there for them to fit the new battery. Found out first hand how much of a pain in the butt removing the battery is. Made worse by my half arsed selection of tools. Having the wider Seat air intake made it an even tighter squeeze to get the left side clip off (left when looking at the car). Even with the three clips off (the back one was not attached/broken) there was not enough straight clearance to get the battery out. After my investigation into removing the cables from the plastic cage resulted in me putting a rather large and painful dent in a finger nail, I decided I was happy contorting the cage to remove the battery. This required the assistance of the other half.

Fitting the new battery was pretty straight forward.

[kaanage]

Mine was totally dead after 2 weeks o/s so I replaced with a DIN66 PowerCrank (675CCA) for $129 from Jefferson Paints.

The TDI does need more cranking power than a gasser, though.

Yes, the battery cage is a stupidly over-engineered POS that makes battery changing a bear of a job.