Exide Car Batteries - Good Or Bad?

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thermonuclear

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#302610 6-Dec-2022 14:09

I'm in need of a new battery for the car and have landed on an Exide unit as the proposed replacement. It will be replacing an existing Exide battery in the car which is near as dead, and came with car (second-hand) when I bought it a couple of years ago. I'm interested in opinions/advice on this as Product Review Australia are only giving Exide 2.5 out of 5 and it's making me consider if it might be worth trying another brand.

Are all car batteries a bit of a lottery when it comes right down to it, and you pay your money and take your chances? Or do the Geekzoners have a recommended brand/s that are worth the punt? Thanks.

timmmay

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#3006316 6-Dec-2022 14:16

I consider Exide very good. I have a thread about car batteries here.

I have Endurant (a different brand) for both my cars and they're fine. They come from Cartown or various auto electricians.

wratterus

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#3006317 6-Dec-2022 14:17

The Exide Extreme (red top) are a pretty solid battery, good warranty too.

Edit - @timmmay do you mean Endurance? Endurant is a Hella battery.

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#3006324 6-Dec-2022 14:29

wratterus:

The Exide Extreme (red top) are a pretty solid battery, good warranty too.

Edit - @timmmay do you mean Endurance? Endurant is a Hella battery.

Endurant - a different brand I'm just pointing out. Available at Battery Town and various auto electricans.

wratterus

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#3006325 6-Dec-2022 14:32

That is a Hella product, not Exide. Still perfectly good batteries though.

Exide have the more standard Endurance line (blue top), then the Extreme (red top) a supposedly a bit better, and have a longer warranty. For the minimal price difference, the higher spec is generally the option when looking at Exide.

Edit - apologies, I mis read your first post. Thought you were saying Endurant was an Exide battery.

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#3006403 6-Dec-2022 15:18

I'm just saying Endurant are an option, rather than being an Exide battery.

johno1234

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#3006410 6-Dec-2022 15:37

Whenever I hear "Exide" I just hear "Exxon Mobil" and "Union Carbide". It's a terrible word association!

thermonuclear

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#3007115 7-Dec-2022 22:44

Thanks for the input guys, sounds like I should be okay with an Exide. Will update if I end up going a different way.

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thermonuclear

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#3007331 8-Dec-2022 13:19

Okay, was looking at an Exide Extreme series battery through an online supplier. Supposedly these batteries have a 42 month warranty according to the sticker on the side. I queried this with the store before I pulled the trigger on the purchase just to confirm I am covered for that length of time in case of any issue with it.

They came back to me and said they were only prepared to offer a 24 month warranty on the battery. Surely if the battery is stickered as having a 42 month warranty period, the seller is obligated to cover that length of time against defect and can't make up their own warranty period?

Inphinity

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#3007347 8-Dec-2022 13:42

thermonuclear:

Okay, was looking at an Exide Extreme series battery through an online supplier. Supposedly these batteries have a 42 month warranty according to the sticker on the side. I queried this with the store before I pulled the trigger on the purchase just to confirm I am covered for that length of time in case of any issue with it.

They came back to me and said they were only prepared to offer a 24 month warranty on the battery. Surely if the battery is stickered as having a 42 month warranty period, the seller is obligated to cover that length of time against defect and can't make up their own warranty period?

You'd probably win a CGA argument on that one. This looks like an Exide persistent thing, even on their own website, e.g.

https://www.exidebatteries.com.au/products/40cmf-194

The image clearly says 30 month warranty, but the description says 24.

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#3007590 9-Dec-2022 07:48

dont use that online supplier, they are not worth your time and money

thermonuclear

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#3007694 9-Dec-2022 11:25

A further update, the store came back to me when it was obvious they weren't going to make the sale and said they had checked with Exide NZ (which I think is represented by Marshall here) and that the warranty was 36 months, not 24. This marries with the information on Exide NZ's website, so I felt more comfortable buying the battery.

It was delivered this morning and, on closer inspection, there was a QR code on the sticker which enabled you to extend the warranty to 42 months as stated on the side of the battery. Went and completed that and was sent a certificate by email from Marshall/Exide stating I've got the full extended warranty now FWIW.

I'm not anticipating any problems but it's nice to know that it's there if it does crap out in the first few years. As I mentioned, the battery it replaced was also an Exide which was manufactured in Spain and had a few Japanese stickers on it. I'm guessing that's 6-8 years old. The new one is manufactured in the Phillipines.

Anyway, thanks again for all the assistance. Hope the warranty info is useful for anyone else considering buying an Exide battery.

wratterus

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#3007708 9-Dec-2022 12:03

Good outcome - sorry I could & should have mentioned that regarding the 'extended' warranty. You'd have to have a pretty salty supplier to not warranty your battery if it died between 36 & 42 months, but registering can't hurt, you basically don't need to worry about any kind of proof of purchase that way. It's just an information gathering exercise from Exide of course but it makes it easy, and 42 months is a very good warranty on a battery these days.