Hi All,

The battery in my Skoda Superb 2018 recently failed I have replaced it with a A7 Varta Silver Dynamic AGM 096 Start Stop Car Battery 12V 70Ah (570901076)

As far as I understand I need to do a battery recode due to the change in both type and capacity. I have an OBDeleven on order. I can see there are 1 click apps for this, these require credits.

But from what I can see online I can just do this manually entering the following info:

VA0 for manufacturer

70 AH

Fleece (for AGM) old battery was a 69 AH EFB

2025080819 ( I replaced about 7pm on Friday the 8th)

I saw something that mentioned you can just enter date as a serial number.

Just curious if anyone has done this?

I have only used the car a couple of times since the battery was replaced and it seems fine. It did have a stop start warning that night, but the next day it had cleared.

Still figure I should do the job properly.

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

Battery coding as follows.

Avoid using the One Click apps.

Edited 12 August, 202512 Aug by JR RS

Ta for the info I will avoid the 1 click stuff.

Just need the device to arrive now....

59 minutes ago, mrbrassic said:

Ta for the info I will avoid the 1 click stuff.

Just need the device to arrive now....

Lots of people say how bad the One Click Apps are, but I personally haven't had any problems. That said, I've only used mine for the alarm lock/unlock sound in the Octavia.

In my Leon I had that, gauge sweep and a few other things enabled/disabled too, without issue.

Yes, you don't know what is going on behind the scenes, however for minor adaptations I don't think it's a huge problem. As long as you figure out exactly what you're changing, confirm that your car/modules are compatible and can do it, I see no major issue. The problems arise when people do twenty-five things to the car, half of which aren't compatible and then get stuck going back.

IMO the One Click Apps are reasonably useful and reliable, but not all of them, and you need to do some research first.

Would I do things differently, if I knew then what I knew now? Yes, I would long code the adaptation in. However, I don't think I'll have any problems with what I did - it's been 11,000 miles and over a year since then.

BTW, happy to be corrected and/or guided how to check everything is okay. At some point in the new few weeks, I plan to get PRO and make sure all the adaptations are in order.

Edited 12 August, 202512 Aug by OccyVRS