Freelander Battery

Hi I’ve got a land rover Freelander2 2010 diesel 2179cc …I’ve got exide premium 77ah ea770 760 which I replaced from a like for like..However when weather especially winter arrives if car is left for a few weeks battery is not strong enough to start the car!….Is there a stronger battery that perhaps I should have?

Hi,

If you left the vehicule for 2 or 3 weeks and you need to jump start it, you be sure that you battery is dead.
When had you replaced the battery ?
Start stop vehicule ?

Lot of unknowns there. How do you go several weeks without using the car? How far do you drive when you do use it? What kind of driving, motorways etc? Has it got stop/start? Is it kept in a garage? Are the glowplugs all working?

It’s an unusual way to use a car. I would get the battery and glowplugs checked by your garage then consider a trickle charger for the battery. Its not very good for batteries to be aloud to go flat, also not good for them to be over charged

daztc said:

Hi I’ve got a land rover Freelander2 2010 diesel 2179cc …I’ve got exide premium 77ah ea770 760 which I replaced from a like for like..However when weather especially winter arrives if car is left for a few weeks battery is not strong enough to start the car!….Is there a stronger battery that perhaps I should have?

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Does it have stop-start? If so that battery isn't suitable at all.

77Ah also sounds low, I'm sure mine is rated at 90Ah. Exide are also pretty low down the quality scale, so seldom produce the rated capacity after a couple of years.

My philosophy is always buy the biggest, most powerful battery that'll fit on the tray. If its tall, make sure the bonnet closes without fouling it.

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Nodge68 said:

Does it have stop-start? If so that battery isn't suitable at all.

77Ah also sounds low, I'm sure mine is rated at 90Ah. Exide are also pretty low down the quality scale, so seldom produce the rated capacity after a couple of years.

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No it’s not stop/start!…..always thought mine was to low!…it was less than a year old…think I’ll get a stronger one…what battery do you have?

Nodge68 said:

Does it have stop-start? If so that battery isn't suitable at all.

77Ah also sounds low, I'm sure mine is rated at 90Ah. Exide are also pretty low down the quality scale, so seldom produce the rated capacity after a couple of years.

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Alteredtech said:

Hi,

If you left the vehicule for 2 or 3 weeks and you need to jump start it, you be sure that you battery is dead.
When had you replaced the battery ?
Start stop vehicule ?

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No it’s not stop start and it’s less than a year old…

daztc said:

No it’s not stop/start!…..always thought mine was to low!

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I've just checked the spec for the FL2. It looks like it's supposed to take an 096, which appears to have a capacity of about 75Ah, and a CCA of about 750A.
I'm sure mine is larger than that, but I could be getting mixed up with the battery in my old D3.
I'll take a look at mine over the weekend.

Here you go any one of these below will do the job for you.
E44 Varta Silver Dynamic Car Battery 77Ah (577400078) (096) (tayna.co.uk) I have this on my Rover 75 diesel tourer.
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YBX5096 Yuasa Silver High Performance Car Battery 12V 80Ah HSB096 (tayna.co.uk)

F18 Varta Silver Dynamic Car Battery 85Ah (585200080) (110) (tayna.co.uk)

YBX5110 Yuasa Silver High Performance Car Battery 12V 85Ah HSB110 / AA4010 (tayna.co.uk) i have this on my FL2 TD4 diesel.
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If your battery is only 12 months old i would take it back and get a refund and purchase one of the above.

Also look to add an extra earth lead from the battery to the starter casing bolt.

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Arctic2 said:

i have this on my FL2 TD4 diesel.

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I've got 110 on mine too, which is the same 85Ah rating.