StuartB

I'm in West Sheffield as well so will keep a look out for it.

The halfords AGMs are rebadged Yuasa and are good quality.

I had the very same battery fitted at a Halfords Autocentre a couple of months ago and it wasn't a good experience. First off, they fitted a different battery with a lesser rating and warranty instead of this one with the 5 year warranty. They didn't tell me they had done this, but I made a point of checking under the bonnet before leaving the premises and found out. When I complained about this, I also asked about coding the new battery to the car and found that they failed to do this, despite this being a part of their 'standard' installation service - probably because the lad who fitted it was new in the job and didn't know how. As I replacing a non-AGM battery with an AGM, I was keen to get this done to avoid any issues with battery charging. They did eventually sort this out and gave me a discount on the job, but it didn't give me any confidence in their service capability.

It seems that I have a non- functioning four wheel drive on my Scout, with my OBD scan giving a 16671 code that indicates a Haldex pump failure. I suspect that the fixed gauze filter on the end of the pump is blocked as this doesn't get looked at /cleaned as part of the official service schedule. According to Skoda, as there is no changeable filter on the Haldex 5 pump the service just means an oil change. Has anyone else had a problem such as this? A look at some of the other VAG fora tells me that this is a common problem on Audis and MK7 VWs.