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Battery Varta or YUASA
Can’t attest for AJC but Yuasa is a quality driven company that is widely used as original equipment. If your usage is not critical or if you trust the recommendation of battery clerk then you can go with the cheaper battery, otherwise I strongly recommend Yuasa
Pros: quality driven company
Cons: cheaper battery alternative
Yuasa YTX14AH-BS is the OEM high capacity battery. I don't think there is a better one you can buy, even spending more money.
Pros: high capacity battery
Part number: YTX14AH-BS
My MK7 is still rocking the Varta OEM battery from 2015 since new, and my MK4 has a "duralast" Gold H5 which has a 1/2016 stamp on it and it is still doing fine.
Pros: still doing fine
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Go to Halfords, use their parts search, buy a Yuasa for fifty quid and ride away into the sunset mate.
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My last Yuasa outlived the bike!
Pros: outlived the bike
So maybe your dealer does but we receive ours from interstate and have Varta branding on them.
Ive been really happy with my yuasa battery, its only stuttered to start once this winter(and unfortunately I dont have a garage here so theyve been outside pets for the time being), and that was after sitting for a week waiting for ice to melt, otherwise riding nearly daily and once a month or so conncting it to my battery tender.
Pros: happy with battery
Cons: stuttered to start once
I had an OEM VW battery made by Varta. It lasted from October 2005 to May 2014. It spent time in Michigan, Minnesota and northern Germany. I never had any problems with it.
Pros: no problems
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
The OEM battery is probably the best bang for the buck. I replaced mine with another OEM one after 7 years as a preventive measure. It was still performing fine.
Pros: best bang for buck
Agree with everybody on here, change your battery - I had similar problems and others not mentioned, changed the battery and almost all problems disappeared.
Pros: problems disappeared
Cons: similar problems
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
my 2019 GolfR battery died recently. well, it wouldn't hold any capacity and had to be charged every few days. anyway, i had my warranty apppointment today at the dealer and stood outside for an hour. i was wondering why it took so long. the new battery is a 000.915.105.CB.DSP. hopefully the AGM battery will do better with mine too.
Pros: AGM battery will do better
Cons: wouldn't hold any capacity
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Part number: 000.915.105.CB.DSP
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