VW battery

Asked by GuruVGR2S Sep 25, 2018 at 09:25 PM about the 1997 Volkswagen Cabrio

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

the battery says if the circle is black it is OK,  if it is clear I should replace it.  I
can't tell if it is black or clear  It is an original VW battery,

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Hornet_2497 answered 5 years ago

The factory original batteries are surprisingly long lived, some go ten years. But my thinking is that any battery more than four years old could go without warning. If you can not read the indicator, have it load tested and replace it if in doubt. There's a tough Winter coming so play it safe.

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Hornet_2497 answered 5 years ago

I agree F_O_R. I had to check my math, but yes that car is twenty years old and if that's THE original battery, it should go straight to a museum or Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

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