My Octavia (Petrol/estate/1.4l) is nearly 10 years old with 50,000 miles and has the original battery.  I am now only doing around 3,000 miles a year.  That beeping / low battery warning noise goes off now an again.  Even after a 90 minute drive, few weeks later the warning beep goes off again!

 

My humble/girly questions:

 

1.  How many years should the battery last?
2.  Would you recommend a new battery or a charger (car is parked in garage so overnight charging is easy)
3.  If you do recommend a charger, any suggestions?  There are so many on the market!

 

Thanks for your help!

Rhea (Damsel-in-distress with low charge!)

Looks like your battery has lost capacity due to age. Replace before winter really set in.

Varta is the preferred make and someone will come along soon to give you a link to the correct one.

 

With daily use, the older design of battery on my 2003 model lasted 12 years, then instantly died.

My current car's factory fitted battery lasted about 5 years, which now seems to be the norm.

Definitely a new battery. 

 

I have a battery charger and have not used it for over 11 years! Not even sure if it works anymore. Old batteries can fail totally at anytime leaving you stranded.

 

I had to replace mine 6 months ago. Third battery in a 15 year old car. The cheapest place I found online was Tayna Batteries. Cheaper than anywhere else and delivered next day too.

 

I believe yours is an 027 type battery so one of these might fit, but you had best do your own checking:

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/types/027/

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys

 

The link you sent, I put in my reg and it came up "063 Battery" prices are similar.  

 

They are cheap.  Will these last ok - or paying a bit more for a high spec with the extra money?

Hi

 

Sorry, now even more confused! 

 

My current battery is a VARTA 5K0 915 105 D (60Ah / 480 EN).  It has a acid level indicator that is BLACK (so level ok).  So that is weird?

 

Adding my registration into Tayna / MPD - they are all recommending a 45Ah / 400 EN batteries and they have different dimensions

 

They don't make this easy!  

I see what you mean. Confusing!  The width and the height are all constant on these batteries. The length differs but it won't affect you unless you go for a really high capacity battery which would be longer.

 

Ring your local Skoda dealer for confirmation. Give them the VIN (usually the number at the bottom RHS of the windscreen as you are looking at the car from the front) - it's in its own little window thing. They can confirm the spec of the battery - but don't buy one from them as it will cost you around £200!!!

I'd certainly match at least, your current battery.

Just make sure the new one fits in the carrier AND that the + and - are the correct way around, to match your vehicle.

 

As for charger, it may be a wise purchase also, if you can afford, but necessity depends on how you do the 3000 miles per year??? 

With mileage spread reasonably evenly you should be fine, though with sensible power usage, heater, radio, lights etc.........

 

My original battery was 1K0 915 105D in a 1.4 TSi from late 2009 and lasted until mid-2016.  It didn't fail altogether but the low voltage bongs were becoming more regular.  Most searches based on my vehicle gave wrong results.

 

I replaced with a  "Type 027 Varta Silver Dynamic Car Battery 12V 63Ah (Short Code: D15)" from Tayna which was physically exactly the same size as the original:  246x175x190mm. No bongs for more than 3 years now.

 

HTH

Rich

Small error above: My original battery was "5K0 915 105 D" - same as OP.  Apologies.

Good morning.  Thanks again to all your replies.  I am off to measure the dimensions and get dirty!