[arporro]

Hello all,

Where is a good place besides the dealer to get a replacement battery for a 2007 S80? Also, does anyone know if any standard Group sizes fit the S80? Here in Arizona, batteries don't last too long, so I need to find out what options are available besides the factory battery. I prefer Optima batteries, but they don't seem to make one that fits any later model Volvos.

 

[Sweded]

Re: Replacement Battery (arporro)

I think Volvo batteries are made by Interstate batteries.

 

[VolvoMax]

Re: Replacement Battery (arporro)

Your battery is fried already??
Mine is still going strong

You can get a replacement battery almost anywhere.
Try BAP.

 

[arporro]

Re: Replacement Battery (VolvoMax)

Quote, originally posted by VolvoMax »

Your battery is fried already?? Mine is still going strong You can get a replacement battery almost anywhere. Try BAP.

Battery is still good as this will be its first summer in AZ. How many AZ summers do you have on your S80's battery? If you will have three summers on it, your battery will be living on borrowed time next year.

BTW - what is BAP? Thanks!

 

[vivek9856]

Re: Replacement Battery (arporro)

Just wondering, does the car give you a low battery voltage alert when its soon dying, or are you just stuck somewhere and needing to get a jump when you find out its dead the hard way???

 

[arporro]

Re: Replacement Battery (vivek9856)

Quote, originally posted by vivek9856 »

Just wondering, does the car give you a low battery voltage alert when its soon dying, or are you just stuck somewhere and needing to get a jump when you find out its dead the hard way???

The last battery that died on me due to the Arizona heat gave no prior warning. I backed the car out of the garage to wash the car, and when I went to start it after I was finished, it was dead. It died during the fourth summer (battery was about 3 3/4 years old).

 

[VolvoMax]

Re: Replacement Battery (arporro)

Quote, originally posted by arporro »

Battery is still good as this will be its first summer in AZ. How many AZ summers do you have on your S80's battery? If you will have three summers on it, your battery will be living on borrowed time next year. !

My S60R battery lasted all 3 yrs I had the car. Of course, it was in the trunk.
We've only had the new S80's a couple of years, so we will see how it does. However, the S40's seem to do fine. We get 4 yr old ones in w/ the original battery.
My 93 Corvette ate a battery every year. that thing was a pain in the a$$ to change, because you had to pull the plastic fender and remove the cruise control actuator.