Hi all

My fiesta is 4 years old next March. It looks like I am going to have to change the battery. Struggling to hold 12.2 volts or there abouts.

These bigger batteries fitted to cars with stop/start are expensive enough and wanted to avoid main dealer.

Fitting isn’t a problem but what do I need to do to reset battery monitor?

on my Mini the dealer had to plug into the scart socket and reset. The bill for battery and reset was extortionate.

i have a plug in analyser that can reset the monitor. Is it the same for the fiesta or is this a dealer reset. Guess they will want to supply the battery as well.

Any thoughts please

Ty

 

Just for information:

5 hours ago, Ty J said:

Any thoughts please

Hope you're not thinking of changing the battery just because (as discussed on another thread) stop/start doesn't operate sometimes? Have you actually had a starting problem?

Mine is now at 4.5 years, and has never failed to start first touch, even in sub-zero temperatures and when getting the "system off to save battery" message on entering the car.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

Hope you're not thinking of changing the battery just because (as discussed on another thread) stop/start doesn't operate sometimes?

.....as if 🤣

If the battery does need replacing that’s early failure.  The battery in my stop Start fiesta is 6 years 11months old and seems fine.  On my previous fiesta (not stop start) the battery was just over 10 years old when replaced

5 hours ago, isetta said:

On my previous fiesta (not stop start) the battery was just over 10 years old when replaced

Come to think about it, I've only replaced 2 batteries in over 50 years of driving. In both cases 9 or 10 years old, and only because they were failing to hold sufficient charge to start the car reliably.

My Mrs's car (not a Ford, admittedly😀) is over 8 years old now and the battery is still fine.

 

In my wife’s mazda2 the original battery failed at 7 yrs old, I was disappointed with that.