Battery OEM Volkswagen or Duralast

OEM Volkswagen Battery

Starts fine even in -4F weather. Will probably swap it this year with another OE battery as oddly i have better luck with OE batteries and they tend to be cheaper than Autozone/Orielys/Advanced.

Pros: good cold weather starting
Vehicle: Volkswagen Touareg
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OEM Volkswagen Battery

2017 got a new battery in 2023 before winter, didn't have a no start issue but figured it was time. Went with a dealer battery, was only $138ish for the 72ah upgrade and replaced it in their parking lot to get the core charge back.

Pros: affordable (72ah upgrade)
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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Duralast Battery

You need this one, and it takes about 10 minutes to install. Just hop into the front trunk, unbolt the bar from the firewall that braces the battery -- iirc 13mm. Remove the tire inflator and the box (pulls right out), remove the other bolt, unscrew the two terminals (10mm probably), swap batteries. Done.

Pros: easy to install, 10 minutes
Vehicle: Porsche Cayman
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Duralast Battery
k0uch
  • Cranking:
Rating 5.0

Duralast AGM. No leaking, minimal to no corrosion, god life, decent power, and most importantly it was readily available.

Pros: no leaking, decent power
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Duralast Battery
rbp
  • Cranking:
Rating 3.0

Just had a 5yo Napa battery die, put a new Duralast Platinum Elite in there, back to running normal except 2 things: 1/ Random engine fan activation seems to be what killed the previous battery. Still happening.

Pros: back to running normal
Cons: random fan activation, battery died
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Duralast Battery

Drive a 2018 Nissan Rogue, about 80k miles. Have a Duralast Gold battery from Oct 2023, but live in central Texas where I hear batteries don't last as long.

Vehicle: Nissan
Mileage: 128747 km
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OEM Volkswagen Battery
KThach
  • Cranking:
Rating 2.0

2022 ID.4 in Canada. Have had two replaced. Luckily when it happened it was in my driveway for all three times. Hooked up a charger to the 12v for a few hours and it started like nothing was wrong.

Pros: charger fixed the issue
Cons: replaced two batteries
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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