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Old 09-25-2007, 02:48 PM
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Needs a new battery. I have been looking at batteries and found that the Duralast and Interstate batteries look exactly like the original Jaguar one, same handles and everything. So I am assuming that Interstate and or Duralast supply Jaguar the batteries with a private label. My guess is Duralast is an Interstate battery labeled for Autozone.

What other options do I have? It seems that batteries for these cars are hard to find. Exide list one but there are no dealers close. What did you replace yours with and what was the cost?
 
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Old 09-25-2007, 05:09 PM
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I had trouble finding a battery for mine as well. No luck with Sears, but AutoZone had one in stock that was the right size. It was a Duralast, and normally I try to avoid that brand of parts, but it's held up great over the past 18 months. It was a bit pricey though, at $120.
 
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Old 09-26-2007, 07:46 AM
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I got my battery replaced lastnight and not the engine malfunction light is on. Is there something I need to do to reset this? The car run and starts great and all the gauges are reading normal.
 
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Disconnect the negative terminal of the battery, press your brake pedal a few times and let the car sit for a minute or two, the reconnect the battery to see if it goes away. If not, I have no idea what it could be.
 
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I had trouble finding a battery for mine as well. No luck with Sears, but AutoZone had one in stock that was the right size. It was a Duralast, and normally I try to avoid that brand of parts, but it's held up great over the past 18 months. It was a bit pricey though, at $120.
Wow- $120 for a Duralast? Thats expensive. I got a facotry Jaguar battery from Jaguar of Rockville, MD for $124.xx. Definately worth the extra $5 for a factory battery.
 
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Old 09-28-2007, 07:29 AM
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ORIGINAL: 310jag

I had trouble finding a battery for mine as well. No luck with Sears, but AutoZone had one in stock that was the right size. It was a Duralast, and normally I try to avoid that brand of parts, but it's held up great over the past 18 months. It was a bit pricey though, at $120.
Wow- $120 for a Duralast? Thats expensive. I got a facotry Jaguar battery from Jaguar of Rockville, MD for $124.xx. Definately worth the extra $5 for a factory battery.
The factory battery is a Duralast/interstate all made by Johnson Controls Inc.

The Duralast has a 3 year replacement and 8 year pro rating. I don't think Jaguar would do that. I also got the 94r-drl, I think that is the number, It has more CCA then the stock battery as well. [8D]
 
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Old 09-28-2007, 11:39 AM
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I actually put in an original Mercedes battery in my Jag. This mercedes battery is huge and wouldn't fit correctly so I just took off that battery case and so far it works perfectly for almost a year.
 
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Old 09-28-2007, 04:14 PM
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You have a point. I will make sure my future battery is a better fit. I don't want to mess with the electronics of my car.
 
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there is no temperature sensor on the battery box.. that's just a place to plug the plug in.. originally the cars come with a transit relay on the batteryand the connector plugs into it.. keeping certain circuits able to get power. so the battery does not die... while shipping the car.
 
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Old 10-09-2007, 04:28 AM
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I paid $120 too @ autozone. Its hard to find these batteries at local autoparts store, unless u special order. I dished out the cash cause I needed the battery ASAP.
 
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Old 10-09-2007, 09:04 AM
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I bought a deca battery...the only place that had a battery to fit and I think I paid either 110-120...worked great for me sine than...As others have said I wouldn't want to increase the battery size or anything just because the electrical systems in these cars are too expensive to fix...
 
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Glad you got that taken care of...
 
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