Hi all car battery is on it's way out looking for recommendations for a decent battery. My car is a 2002 octavia 1.9 sdi. Most garages ie national tyres, kwikfit, ats autominster all sell only one brand called Platinum for £104 fitted. Or my local shop sell an Excide battery for £76. Don't mind fitting myself as easy job. I have also noticed since I had to jump start the car my remote key fob now only locks the doors it will not open them is this due to the car battery not having enough juice to unlock or will my fob need re-coded. Thanks in advance Colin.

subsidiary systems start to get shutdown by the ecu as the battery starts to lose life. its probably locking okay as it has a decent charge after a drive, but the slow drain is putting it into a sleepy state. 

if the Excide battery is the right size and strength for your car then its going to be fine.

Thanks for the reply Mac. I ended up going to my local car accessory shop. Was looking at 3 options Bosh one was £98  Napa £84 and Excide was £76 i went with Napa as it had better specifications 74a & 680cca compared to Bosh which was 70a & 640cca and Excide was 68a & 640cca all came with a 3yr warranty also my key fob is back working happy days.

Edited 7 January, 20215 yr by SDIclassic