Has Anybody Had Their Iq's 12V Battery Changed?

[sushd]

Hi,

Has anyone had their IQ's Battery changed?

If so, would be interested in knowing:

1. Did you have it fitted by Toyota (Toyota Genuine Battery) or install an aftermarket Battery.

2. What is the make & model of the Battery that Toyota installed or you bought from the market, as the case may be?

3. Which iQ (2,3 and manual/CVT)?

The battery currently installed in our 60 plate iQ2 CVT is a Panasonic 46B24R(S)-MF and I am told (by Toyota) that it is a 45Ah / 310A battery.

Thanks in advance.

[Soeley]

I had mine change by Toyota under warranty, iQ³ was about 3 years old at the time. We'd left the car parked at Leeds airport for a week and came back to a completly drained Battery. Nothing had been left on that shouldn't be. A few weeks later it drained again, so took it in for them to test, one of the cells was completely knackard. They fitted the new Battery and did a drain test to make sure their wasn't an electrical fault causing excessive drain, there wasn't so they did it under warranty.

Since then I have always over ridden the Stop Start as I don't see how that can do the Battery any good, and Toyota even removed the Stop Start from the later iQ³ models, and the new battery is supposed to be even beefier that the original one fitted.

[scimberk]

My Battery died just after Christmas, its a Bosch on a 2010 IQ2, I would have expected it to have lasted longer. Took it off and popped it on the reconditioner, it took 3 hits and then charged up, since refitting, its been fine, I guess they all need a recon once in a while.The most difficult part of it was re tuning the radio, took me 45 minutes at least.