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2018 T8 S90 start battery

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#1 ·
Does anyone know what type of battery is the start battery in the trunk? Is it a lithium-iron battery?

My car is 4 years old and trying to decide if I should replace it.


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#4 ·
Should last a while with decent care. But the one in my 2018 is nearing end of life I think. So maybe another year or less for me.

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#8 ·
My clue is start/stop not working even when enabled.

I ran my battery down by accident testing electronics in Accessory mode for extended periods with the engine off, until nothing inside turned on, and I wasn't able to even open the liftgate. Measured the support battery below 3V (yikes), but charged it up fully with a Ctek CT5, and everything was fine. After the full charge, the start/stop began working as normal, I assumed it had been disabled since I bought the car in November, but sounds like the battery had been just at the voltage threshold of not allowing start/stop to work. Now with the full charge I had to remember to disable start/stop at every start, usually forget to until the first traffic light. Then after a few trips the start/stop no longer engaged, which meant the battery had gone below the voltage again, which was a convenient way to have start/stop disabled, but sounds like a sign that the battery is sad.