battery age

[rodeyorks]

How do I find out the age of my battery on my 2008 x type diesel ? I know its not priginal as it says Mercedes on it. Just had to jump start the car.

Cheers

Rod

[Guest]

Hi Rodney,

There should be a code heat embedded in the plastic case of the battery near to or on the top face. The first two/three characters typically refer to the date you're looking for. The alpha character should be in the range A to L or M where A=January and L or M equals December (some manufacturers omit the 'I' as its thought to confuse. The single or double numeric digit indicates the year.

You should note though that the date can also mean various things other than manufacture date e.g. Start of Warranty, Date originally charged, and others.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Steve

[rodeyorks]

thanks steve. I will have a look in the morning.

Cheers

Rod

[Old Peter]

The Jaguar Dealer who put the previous battery on my car put a sticker with the date on.

I have done the same.

Peter.

[rodeyorks]

Good idea Peter. I will do that if I replace the battery.

Cheers

Rod

[rodeyorks]

Replaced battery with 80Ah. The battery taken off was the original dated 08 but 70Ah, so its done quite well really. Fixed label on top so I know when replaced.

Cheers

Rod