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Thanks for the information.

I think I believe I have found the root cause of my problem. I had been in the car around 10 mins waiting on my wife with engine switched off and phone charging listening to the radio. When I got the low 12v voltage message after starting the car and then shugging and then had to push the car to start it. I recall I got the same message around a year ago although car started ok when similar scenario occurred. Just after talking to my son who told me that sometimes when he stops for lunch after driving and keeps the radio on his car will start shugging on restarting sometimes. My son does very high mileage but has an ageing battery. Based on that I don’t think I need to replace my battery I just need to take more care of it as it doesn’t have the same capacity as it used to have That’s similar to life in general..lol.

Thanks guys for all your help. No issue with the car today. If I do decide to replace the battery I may just buy OBD11 with enough credits to be a be able to check spec of my battery and code replacement battery . I forgot that my son has a Skoda Octavia so may at some stage be useful for him.

Yes that is what I thought for peace of mind I was going to change the battery but not knowing the spec has made it difficult. I had actually put my reg in on several sites including Tanya and gave me options EFB or AGM battery but I believe it is advisable to change like for like. ie AGM for AGM. Only option to confirm details I have found so far is to buy OBD11 with subscription which would enable me to confirm details of battery and also register replacement battery so I can do it myself. There is a video on YouTube showing you how to do it. I could always sell the OBD11 after use.

Yes start/stop that’s why battery type most be EFB or AGM. I am now disabling start/stop at the moment when driving so as to ensure less strain on the battery and getting more efficient charging from the alternator. I don’t do too many miles these days.

I bought the car for my wife in 2020. There was only 16000 miles in it. It came with full service history . Battery has not been changed so it is the factory original battery. The VW VAG etching with 01171 also confirms this as I believe 17 means 2017 which is the year the car registered. I have been able to get a full view of all 4 sides of the battery and confirmed no labels. The parts catalog for my cars VIN listed several engines some with EFB in the description others with nothing. Battery is 9 years old and had a recent issue with battery 12v low message in the end had to push the car to get it to start. I then drove the car for 20 mins before going home. Checked it again 12v low message still there but car started immediately . Switched engine off then checked battery with digital meter it was reading 12.57v and with engine running it was 14.62v. So alternating appears to be ok and battery in ok range. Went back out to the car 20mins later and no longer any error messages. No reoccurrence of issue in last couple of days and have not done much mileage so a bit strange. Prefer to know the full spec of the battery if I decide to replace it. Want to make sure like for like battery replacement. Don’t trust the garages.

How can I confirm car battery type and spec on my Skoda Fabia Mk3 TSI 90 CJZC. No labels other than Pb. However there are some etchings on the battery. VW VAG with 01171 below at the - terminal and DD52 at the + terminal. Google AI suggests it may be a Varta D52 (AGM027) made in 2017. However when I check the parts catalog using my Cars VIN on 7zap most of the batteries listed are EFB batteries with no mention of AGM. I know one option would be to buy OBD11 tool with subscription which would also enable me to register a new battery but I believe that would be a waste of money considering I am not a car mechanic so tool would be very rarely used. Looking for advice on what other options may be available.? I have uploaded a couple of pictures in case someone can identify the battery make and type.