I think my car battery is over 10 years old and required a jump start this morning so think that a replacement is due.

I was just wondering if anyone has any recommended batteries and a method for replacing the battery. Or is it as simple as just remove old battery replace with new one?

Many thanks

Try Tayna batteries online. There pretty good with fast delivery and reasonable prices. Just replacing It depends on if you have stop/start etc. Some cars will need new battery coded. On my Mk1 fabia and both MK2 octavia I just replace as they dont have stop/start.

I have Yuasa,Lucas,Bosch and an old Halfords one in my cars and so far no problems. They are all around 5 years old now.

Alasdair

Many thanks for quick reply. My car doesn't have stop start so hopefully it will be a simple replacement thanks again for the advice.

Check your owners manual if you have one just in case but I reckon its a straight swap. You may have to resync keys for remote locking and reset auto windows by holding down/up button for 10 secs at fully close and same at fully open. You will also get warning symbols like steering/ASR/ABS etc but they should disapear once its driven and gone full lock both ways. Its always the way when you get a cold spell.

Alasdair

I have the same car and can confirm the battery is a straight swap i.e. no coding required, though not the easiest car to get the various fittings off the top of the battery. Also, you'll need some way (clips, string) of keeping the leads out of the way to get the new battery in.

I can also confirm the one-touch windows needed re-setting; found the procedure on here somewhere.

My battery is 13 years old. I only took it out to give it a charge.

Maybe you already fitted the new battery?