Yeah, I went thought the same saga when I swapped out the battery last fall. I just couldn't live with myself if I went ahead and paid what BMW Seattle wanted for a new battery plus the 1hr labor for coding.

I ended up buying the battery from Autozone for ~$165 and coded it myself through INPA. Total time for coding, 2 minutes. I'd be happy to register it for you.

-Christian

 

Christian, Did you buy the same specs battery, or upgraded to AGM too?

 

I upgraded to AGM. I didn't go as far as reprogramming, just registering the new battery. I haven't had any issues since the replacement, but if it goes out within 3 years I can swap it out for a new one under warranty.

-Christian

 

Hey Cpalacay, Can you post up the brand and model and specs of the one you got? I've got a cable on the way, and will learn how to register a new one hopefully if not too hard.

 

Your charging system will be slowly damaging the new battery then. Most likely not enough to fail in 3 yrs but rather in 38 months when your warranty is no longer valid....

 

Thank you for offering! Can what you have also allow access for the coding? I will not be taking my chances like you are I just spent $370 on a battery so I'm going to make it last well beyond the warranty on it. The 2150 in my land rover is still perfectly good after 7 years.

 

What did you get?

 

the 1350 Odyssey

 

Wow, that's one expensive battery at almost $400!

It says its specs are:

CCA: 770A at 0°F (-18°C)
Capacity @ 20 hour rate: 95

Which is less than stock on both counts. Why would you get it then, even if it's an AGM?

 

AGM batteries are different. It's still better than the oem. Reserve is actually 195 min.