Battery covered by warrenty?

[997London]

My battery just died and had the AA out to jump it need to get a new one asap. Read up about them and going to go for Bosch one.

This may be silly question of the year so far but I only bought car from PC 6 months ago so I was wondering if it was covered by them. I suspect they will say it is a consumable but thought I would ask.

Also if it goes totally dead will I be able to open the bonnet to get to battery. I did read that there is an access point behind passenger wheel so should I go and get my lockable wheel nut key now as that also in bonnet. I fear if i leave it to morning I may not get it open again?

 

[Mark_Bennett]

Best to keep the lockable wheelnut key in the car in any case.
The access point is not easy to get to (if it's the same as the 996/Boxster) so if the car is garaged it may be better to leave the bonnet unlatched (unplug one wire from the lamp in the front boot to stop that draining the battery).

Sorry I can't answer the other questions though...

 

[997London]

Just taken the lockable wheel nut key out. Parked on the street so can't trickle charge it. Just going to get new one tomorrow.

 

[spyderman]

ORIGINAL: 997London
Parked on the street so can't trickle charge it.

You might want to consider a solar charger, in that case. I've got the exact same issue with my other car as I have to leave it on the road when I use the Boxster. In this cold weather, a single start sure uses a lot of juice!

 

[garyw]

You can put voltage to the car via either the positive post in the fuse box or the cigar lighter..
both would give enough electric to open the boot.

I think you'll find the battery is a consumable, however if you've only had the car for 6 months I'd certainly speak to the OPC to see if they will offer some good will on the battery. I'm not sure if the new warranty covers the battery..

The cold does kill the batteries!!

garyw

 

[fireblade]

If the car is new the battery is covered for two years like the rest of the car, at least that was what I was told by the OPC when my 996C4S battery died after 26 months! I declined a new Porsche battery which appeared to be only guaranteed for another two years and bought a cheaper Bosch (whom I was told supply some Porsche "badged" batteries) with a five year guarantee battery which was still going strong when I sold the car three years later!