Can someone PLEASE tell me why my battery keeps running down?
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Thanks for the info Bill. Being that it looks like an original or dealer battery I think I'll just replace it.
09RedGTS, I pulled the battery out but I don't see a date on it anywhere. There is a price tag looking sticker but it doesn't have a date.
09RedGTS, I pulled the battery out but I don't see a date on it anywhere. There is a price tag looking sticker but it doesn't have a date.
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Usually there is a plastic sticker with numbers punched out. I don't know what the Varta would look like, but have seen others with, for example, Nov and 11 punched out, meaning the battery was installed Nov 2011.
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As for the date on a battery I think the warranty starts from the day the battery was installed, not the day it was manufactured.
As I said before, I looked on my original battery (pulled out of the P!g) and did not see anything that looked like a date code I could decipher.
Good luck, let us know if you find one.
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Quickly perused the Varta Auto Battery website, didn't find any ref to the date code.
http://www.varta-automotive.com/en-g...ilver-dynamic/
Did find out Varta is owned by Johnson Controls though.
http://www.varta-automotive.com/en-g...ilver-dynamic/
Did find out Varta is owned by Johnson Controls though.
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Looked at a battery recommended for Cayenne 4.8L V-8 in Wal-Mart today. It was a Max 8H rated 900 CCA for $120. It had a little round sticker on it that said 5/14. Maybe some other mfrs do make it hard to find/understand. It had a 7 year warranty with 3 year free replacement.
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I know the various places you can get batteries sell some for the Cayenne that are cheeper. However, those are generally standard batteries. The AGMs cost a bit more. The best deal I could find was at oreilly auto parts. 169.99 3 year warranty and replacement.
I now have the new battery installed and am holding my breath that it doesn't drain.
I now have the new battery installed and am holding my breath that it doesn't drain.
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Thanks for buying the new battery. Just accessing the battery to take it out to check is such a huge PITA that I just change it out. You should be fine if you don't leave it parked for more than a week or two without a trickle charger.
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The dealer tested the starter and found that it was draining the battery. There was no apparent symptoms. I replaced the battery in my 08 at about the same milage as well.
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I had a Garmin GPS that I left plugged in all the time and forgot about. When I left the car for 4 or 5 days in the garage, battery was way down and it would not start. After that I am conscious of the constant battery drain of the Garmin. If using the car every day it's not a problem, but it can't be left that way for days without draining the car battery. Those "Diehard tests" do shorten battery life. Draining it way down does cumulative damage.
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I too had a similiar problem with my 2004 Cayenne S. Our son had let it go dead when we were away and the battery while fairly new never recovered. Replaced it with a new Bosch/Yussa Silver Battery and it cured the problem