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YOUR RESEARCH718 Spyder battery - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK
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OPC is encouraging me towards Porsche supplied and fitted but hasn't said it absolutely has to be a Porsche one (yet).
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the 'coding' is just telling the car there's a new battery fitted by changing the serial number from the existing value.
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Both kept on a trickle charger when not being used for a few weeks - as I do with my current cars!
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the 'coding' is just telling the car there's a new battery fitted by changing the serial number from the existing value.
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My Spyder needs a new battery. Does anyone know what the latest is re which batteries are acceptable in order to preserve the warranty?
Is it Porsche supplied and fitted only - or is there a list of approved units that are acceptable published somewhere? OPC is encouraging me towards Porsche supplied and fitted but hasn't said it absolutely has to be a Porsche one (yet).
Thank you
That didn’t last long!, I sold my 987 Spyder at 8 years old with its original battery and my previous 996 Turbo at 10 years old with its original battery. Both kept on a trickle charger when not being used for a few weeks - as I do with my current cars! Did you let it run flat at all - just curious !
WG said:
That didn’t last long!, I sold my 987 Spyder at 8 years old with its original battery and my previous 996 Turbo at 10 years old with its original battery. Both kept on a trickle charger when not being used for a few weeks - as I do with my current cars! Did you let it run flat at all - just curious !
Long story, quite complicated and not for here. It was run down by a third party
The OEM one is Banner but there's ones with the Porsche logo on. An decent indi will be able to supply and fit one a good bit cheaper than the OPC i'd imagine but the Banner/Porsche batteries aren't cheap to start with.
First Sea Lord said:
Thanks. It's the former. Do you know the extent of the leeway? Presumably there's a list of approved manufacturers / units? Cheers
As other posters have mentioned the current supplier is Banner
The leeway is to do with less imposition of OEM to insist on use of OPC for this kind of work
If you can access your current battery the part number will be printed on the top & likely starts with 992.
Thank you for taking the trouble to come back to me
Am less focused on where to buy a Porsche / Porsche fitted battery outside an OPC, and more focused on how rigid OPCs are re warranty if 'their brand' hasn't been fitted. Thanks again
AFAIK the deal during the manufacturer warranty period is that indis can look after your car, but they need to fit OEM parts or parts of 'matching quality'; I reckon they would have a tough time arguing a Bosch or Varta battery of equivalent spec isn't of matching quality, but wouldn't put it past them in the event of an electrical fault.
Don't want to be that guy (particularly as I put a Bosch in my 718 GTS fairly recently which is under extended warranty), but with a 718 Spyder would it not be worth just biting the bullet and going OEM while it's in manufacturer warranty?
jeebsy said:
AFAIK the deal during the manufacturer warranty period is that indis can look after your car, but they need to fit OEM parts or parts of 'matching quality'; I reckon they would have a tough time arguing a Bosch or Varta battery of equivalent spec isn't of matching quality, but wouldn't put it past them in the event of an electrical fault.
Don't want to be that guy (particularly as I put a Bosch in my 718 GTS fairly recently which is under extended warranty), but with a 718 Spyder would it not be worth just biting the bullet and going OEM while it's in manufacturer warranty?
Thanks Jeebsy. A non OEM one is already in for reasons not worth discussing. Am just working out whether to change it or not
If you intend to extend the Warranty then a genuine battery is a prerequisite. There is an element of coding in the Gateway CU that monitors the battery and that will need to be aligned with the serial number and battery data; a non-genuine, non-matching battery will effectively render that coding invalid.
Worth mentioning the battery is not actually covered by the Warranty - it is essentially a wear and tear item - but it can be indirectly covered if the battery is damaged by a manufacturing defect in another electrical component for example.
Pope said:
If you intend to extend the Warranty then a genuine battery is a prerequisite. There is an element of coding in the Gateway CU that monitors the battery and that will need to be aligned with the serial number and battery data; a non-genuine, non-matching battery will effectively render that coding invalid.
Worth mentioning the battery is not actually covered by the Warranty - it is essentially a wear and tear item - but it can be indirectly covered if the battery is damaged by a manufacturing defect in another electrical component for example.
so long as the battery specs are right, an aftermarket battery can be coded in no problem. the 'coding' is just telling the car there's a new battery fitted by changing the serial number from the existing value. it doesn't know if the serial number you enter is the actual serial number on the battery that's fitted or even if it's the 'right' brand.
Edited by jeebsy on Thursday 9th May 23:01
