New Battery Lifetime Guarantee

[ardvark]

Got me a new battery today with a lifetime guarantee.
Called Platinum International.
Anyone heard of them?

[trikey]

Nope, the lifetime guarantee sounds interesting though!

[mh007]

Very interesting.

They don't appear to mention a lifetime warranty on their website:

http://www.platinuminternational.com

[clf]

Originally Posted by mh007

Very interesting.

They don't appear to mention a lifetime warranty on their website:

http://www.platinuminternational.com

seem to be a battery wholesaler (who also stock Bosch) that have been in business for a relatively decent amount of time.

Originally Posted by ardvark

Got me a new battery today with a lifetime guarantee.
Called Platinum International.
Anyone heard of them?

Based upon the above, and their website, I would suggest a relabeled battery from another manufacturer, similar in style to Halfords own brand batteries.

I would check what the lifetime meant though. Lifetime of ownership of the car, lifetime of the original purchaser, or expected reasonable lifetime of a car battery (3-6 years?).

The limited bumph on their 'Conventional' and 'Conventional Plus' batteries suggest a change of label to distinguish between 3 and 5 year warranties (suggesting to me, the same battery with higher cost for the extra 2 years).

As long as it has a high enough CCA figure for your engine, it will be fine. I would also recommend charging it up at least overnight to be sure of its charged state prior to fitting it, especially during these lockdown situations. Doing short journeys on a new but partially charged battery (lost charge whilst on the shelf) will not do good for your confidence in it should it fail to turn over during its first year - it will likely be perfectly fine, just didnt get decent charges (from the alternator) to replenish the drain from starting for those short lockdown journeys.

[steve-45]

I know many years ago Unipart used to offer batteries with a lifetime guarantee.

[ardvark]

Have a look on the Kwikfit wegsite

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by ardvark

Got me a new battery today with a lifetime guarantee.
Called Platinum International.
Anyone heard of them?

Checking on their site their LifeTime guarantee seems to be THREE years.---





PS. AArdvark is spelt with 2 A's.---Just curious as to why you dropped the second A.----

[clf]

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Checking on their site their LifeTime guarantee seems to be THREE years.---





PS. AArdvark is spelt with 2 A's.---Just curious as to why you dropped the second A.----

spelled with 3 As he seems to have dropped the first one though

[SCP440]

My guess if you need a replacement in the warranty period they will do there best to wiggle out. I purchased something similar about 10 years ago for my classic car, it came with a 4 year warranty and after 40 months it was starting to struggle. The company said I would need to return it at my expense for it to be tested and if found to be faulty I would be refunded the postage and a replacement would be provided, the cost of shipping a battery with acid in it was nearly a third of what I had paid originally so I didnt bother.

I would like to know why the original battery that comes with a new car usually last 6 or 7 years but even the best quality replacement rarely does.

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by steve-45

I know many years ago Unipart used to offer batteries with a lifetime guarantee.

They certainly did, Sampson unlimited partnership guarantee which you registered the battery to your car, requiring a copy of the logbook to be submitted.

As long as you owned the car was the spiel, and indeed it was the case for me, a battery I bought in 1988 at a cost of £45 from Buist Bramall in Newcastle was replaced like for like with a new battery every four to five years or so up until the demise of Unipart retail car parts business in 2014.

I suspect if the annoyance of the manager at Partco in Newcastle was anything to go by, they were not expecting anyone to keep the same car for over 25 years

Brian