Thread: S40 (New) Electrics : - 3 years of ownership, 2 dead batteries?
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Old Mar 17th, 2018, 18:46   #23
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Originally Posted by FunkyMelon View Post
Your mistake is you didn't buy a Volvo battery.

They last years and years and are not as expensive as everyone thinks.

I'd ring your local Volvo and get one of them fitted. It'll certainly last longer than 3 yeas...
Absolutely. I paid about £85 for mine a couple of years ago for a 2.0D, fitted free. It replaced what was presumably the OEM battery (since i bought the car at less than three years old); hence that battery lasted best part of 8 years.

KF..... the only place i ever bought an exhaust system where the back box rotted out within the 12 month guarantee..... the free replacement went the same way. That was for a Mk3 Capri back in the 80s, but i haven't been back since.
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