Moll Battery

[Kleynie]

Wow, what a thread. The OP asks a question about a replacement battery and ends up getting judged for how he bought the car!

Anyway back to the original question, has anyone managed to replace a code a battery without paying OPC prices? I suspect that as our cars get older this will become a regular question.

Thank you. I have an Indy who can code, I even have VCDS (Vag Com) which may or may not work, what I begrudge is paying £630 and throwing away a perfectly good battery.
I have done some Googling today and got nowhere. However, my Indy has a TPS account, so he may be able to purchase it.

Someone must have been in this situation before?

[bobajob]

I did a bit of googling on this a while ago and from what i remember the issues is sourcing a battery with the appropriate code label / sticker. Once you have this ether are an number of OBD tools that can program the battery.

Good luck and congratulations on getting the car you wanted at a decent price.with enough left in the pot to sort any issue and still be quids in. I'll be interested to hear how you get on. My car is now 5 years old so may need a battery at some point.

[Bluesnose1812]

Wow, what a thread. The OP asks a question about a replacement battery and ends up getting judged for how he bought the car!

Anyway back to the original question, has anyone managed to replace a code a battery without paying OPC prices? I suspect that as our cars get older this will become a regular question.

Thank you. I have an Indy who can code, I even have VCDS (Vag Com) which may or may not work, what I begrudge is paying £630 and throwing away a perfectly good battery.
I have done some Googling today and got nowhere. However, my Indy has a TPS account, so he may be able to purchase it.

Someone must have been in this situation before?

I would get a willing co-owner to lend me a battery for the purpose of the inspection. But there again I will always self insure anyway.

[Kleynie]

I did a bit of googling on this a while ago and from what i remember the issues is sourcing a battery with the appropriate code label / sticker. Once you have this ether are an number of OBD tools that can program the battery.

Good luck and congratulations on getting the car you wanted at a decent price.with enough left in the pot to sort any issue and still be quids in. I'll be interested to hear how you get on. My car is now 5 years old so may need a battery at some point.

That’s correct, the coding requires the serial number, that’s part of the issue. I think I could code it with VCDS, but getting the correct Moll battery/serial number is the issue.
Thanks for the positive comments, I’ll keep you posted.

[jonnydrama]

I forgot that I got a quote for a battery before from my opc

[jonnydrama]

Bit more info, this was before I got the further discount above.

[Kleynie]

Just had a response from Moll saying they are not allowed to advise on retailers for the batteries, sounds like a closed shop!

So, I phoned the OPC and got them to discount the battery and fitting to a total of £490, still too much but better than £630 they initially quoted.

[bobajob]

Well that's an improvement and at least you'll know it's correctly programmed etc.

This is going to become more of an issue as these cars get older

[Bluesnose1812]

I have a non OEM battery in my GTS as I believe Cazoo changed it before I bought it in November. I had the 111 point check and they said I need to change the battery before they’ll give me warranty and quoted £630!

Just been on the Cazoo site and they state (my italics)

"If you need any repair work carried out, we have a national network of Service Centres that you can visit. We offer a hassle-free service and all of the parts we use are manufacturer approved."

So you may have recourse back to them to change the battery to Porsche approved

[Kleynie]

I have a non OEM battery in my GTS as I believe Cazoo changed it before I bought it in November. I had the 111 point check and they said I need to change the battery before they’ll give me warranty and quoted £630!

Just been on the Cazoo site and they state (my italics)

"If you need any repair work carried out, we have a national network of Service Centres that you can visit. We offer a hassle-free service and all of the parts we use are manufacturer approved."

So you may have recourse back to them to change the battery to Porsche approved

Worth a try, thank you