Best Battery for Volkswagen Golf

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Rank	Manufacturers	Ratings	Avg. rating	Votes	Reviews	Positive	Neutral	Negative
1.	Bosch	8%	4.8	12	4	4	0	0
2.	OPTIMA	8%	4.0	12	9	6	1	2
3.	OEM Volkswagen	8%	3.4	12	15	7	5	3
4.	ODYSSEY	4%	4.8	6	2	2	0	0
5.	Varta	2%	3.0	3	5	3	0	2
6.	OEM VAG	2%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
7.	Duracell	2%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
8.	NOCO	0%	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
9.	Duralast	0%	3.0	0	3	1	1	1
10.	Deka	0%	1.5	-6	2	0	0	2

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OEM Volkswagen › Battery

Golf R MK7 9 Feb 2018, 20:03

Rating 5.0

Cranking:

Just got off the phone with my dealer to check, just in case they had a different update. Turns out my VIN has a recall on the battery. He stated as long as it's under 3 yr/36k it's eligible for replacement. Something to do with the connection was the reason for recall. Needless to say I have an appt. next week for a free battery replacement. My 2016 is at 2 yr/22k. I've had no issues myself other than the time it died while I was fiddling around in VCDS in the garage with the light switch in Auto (clearly my fault) :banghead: Thanks for the free battery replacement VW :thumbup:

Pros: free battery replacement

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 22000 km

OEM Volkswagen › Battery

Butt-Roc 3 Mar 2017, 05:54

Rating 4.0

Cranking:

I've got a '13 R with KESSY and NAV. that had a weird slow start, which made me think the KESSY swt. was worn like another thread mentioned. So I tore it apart and it was dirty on the contacts so I cleaned them. After that it seemed better but the car had 30+K miles and I did get another weird slow start, so I tested the battery and it tested good/charge. I did end up replacing the battery. I haven't had any issues since then. Now at 52K miles.

Pros: no issues since then

Cons: weird slow start

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 83686 km

OPTIMA › Battery

Wobblenuts 23 Aug 2013, 11:50

Rating 5.0

Cranking:

I had a red top in my mk5 after the OEM one took a dump. It worked very well without any issues.

Pros: worked very well

Cons: OEM one took a dump

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

OEM Volkswagen › Battery

CC-Rider 18 Dec 2012, 04:15

Rating 4.0

Cranking:

Since replacing my battery on 12/18 this code has not returned. The only symptom I've noticed is it appears my battery is going. When I start it in the morning it struggles and then is ok the rest of the day. However just leaving the radio on, without the car being on, for 20 mins or so will drain the battery and the car will barely turn over.

Pros: resolved code issue

Cons: battery drained quickly

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 78960 km

OPTIMA › Battery

FigureFive 18 Jan 2012, 04:21

Rating 5.0

Cranking:

Great battery! I'm really happy with mine.

Pros: great battery

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Part number: 8020-164

OEM Volkswagen › Battery

VW Jenno 2 May 2011, 19:54

Rating 4.0

Lights:

i took the car in let him drain the battery and that was def dead. so we changed it and my car was beautiful, the lights didnt flicker at all.

Pros: lights didn't flicker

Cons: battery was dead

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

OEM Volkswagen › Battery

Nickshu 14 Dec 2022, 12:52

Rating 2.5

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Battery died July 2022. So got 3 years out of it. New battery is AGM (OEM VW from dealer). Stock battery was not AGM.

Cons: short lifespan

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 40000 km

OEM Volkswagen › Battery

B5Speedo 14 Dec 2020, 23:29

Rating 3.0

Since the battery weighs ~40 lbs this isn't really a significant weight change from front to rear so I've no idea if the car handles any differently. Would I recommend this mod? Probably not as it's not cheap and has no real performance advantage and more crazy than anything.

Pros: frees up engine space

Cons: no performance advantage, not cheap

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Duralast › Battery

brekdown29 20 Oct 2017, 16:21

Rating 1.0

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I've gone through two VW batteries in 32K miles under three years. They suck. Just replaced it with a Duralast Gold from Autozone which has a 3 year full replacement warranty and 5 year prorated.

Pros: full replacement warranty

Cons: batteries suck

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 51500 km