My Amaron car battery (purchased in Feb 2004) of my maruti zen car seems to have gone dead. There wasn't any charge or low battery light indication. On turning the key, no response. Tried to push start it but it did not work.(it did last time when the low battery indication light was glowing.) A driver told me that there has to be at least some charge to start the car.
I called U.M cars at Domlur, Bangalore. They sent a service fellow to pick up the battery and take it for charging. I called up the fellow yesterday and he says that the battery refused to charge. He then changed the acid and it still did not charge. He says that I need a replacement. They deal in exide batteries and foll. are the quotes I received.
Exide freedom - 3960 (requires distilled water, 18 months replacement warranty + 18 months prorated)
Exide max - 3200 (requires distilled water, 18 months replacement warranty)
Exide matrix - 4342 (maint free, 24 month replacement warranty + 24 months prorated)
All batteries are rated 38Ah(Ampere hours....whatever that means)
prorated = 10% - 30% discount on purchase of replacement battery in the warranty period depending on month.
My first doubt is whether these guys really did anything to recharge the old battery as the mechanic that came over seemed keen to sell their batteries.
My second doubt is whether the price of the batteries is ok. My driver says that you get car batteries between 1K(local) to 1.4K(amaron) at the end of SP Road.
Please advice. I don't know much about these car thingies. The dealer says that he also doesn't deal in Amaron because their batteries suddenly go dead at the end of the warranty if you don't run the vehicle regularly. But I believe all car batteries have a life of 3 years or so is it not?
Also, is a maintenance free battery preferred to one where you can change the acid, fill distilled water etc? Which is better?
I called U.M cars at Domlur, Bangalore. They sent a service fellow to pick up the battery and take it for charging. I called up the fellow yesterday and he says that the battery refused to charge. He then changed the acid and it still did not charge. He says that I need a replacement. They deal in exide batteries and foll. are the quotes I received.
Exide freedom - 3960 (requires distilled water, 18 months replacement warranty + 18 months prorated)
Exide max - 3200 (requires distilled water, 18 months replacement warranty)
Exide matrix - 4342 (maint free, 24 month replacement warranty + 24 months prorated)
All batteries are rated 38Ah(Ampere hours....whatever that means)
prorated = 10% - 30% discount on purchase of replacement battery in the warranty period depending on month.
My first doubt is whether these guys really did anything to recharge the old battery as the mechanic that came over seemed keen to sell their batteries.
My second doubt is whether the price of the batteries is ok. My driver says that you get car batteries between 1K(local) to 1.4K(amaron) at the end of SP Road.
Please advice. I don't know much about these car thingies. The dealer says that he also doesn't deal in Amaron because their batteries suddenly go dead at the end of the warranty if you don't run the vehicle regularly. But I believe all car batteries have a life of 3 years or so is it not?
Also, is a maintenance free battery preferred to one where you can change the acid, fill distilled water etc? Which is better?
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