2 year old battery got weak, charged it up, and it stays around 11.4v
Took it back to MB THEY OFFERED TO SELL ME A REPLACEMENT 190...

I am a big customer with them, but no avail...

I will get mine at Walmart now.

The new gel cel H7 battery looks great, 3 year free replacement, 5 year pro rate... 169

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I think the warranty is either 12 or 24 months for all MB parts. I do think it's better to get batteries elsewhere because they are cheaper and have warranties that are worth a damn. AGM is the way to go now.

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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon.

That's a real shame...
I use the white MB battery in my 240 and it's just celebrated its 9th birthday.
No sign of relenting yet.

*I should add, my plan was to replace it with the same.

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1981 240D 4sp manual. Ivory White.

The warranty on Mercedes batteries is two years, so you must have been just outside the warranty period. Some batteries have better warranties. I think that in general Mercedes batteries are superior and last longer than other brands (proprietary silver nitrate made by Varta), but if one DOES fail outside of two years, then you're out of luck. Another brand of battery might not last as long, but it may have a warranty over twice as long as a Mercedes battery, so if it fails you have a longer period of time in which you can get a replacement.

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DON'T MESS WITH MY MERCEDES!


1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles

Same here. Batteries can last a LONG time on these old, minimal electronic draw vehicles...

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
2008 ML320 CDI (199k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (267k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)

I got 9 years on my last autocraft gold from Advance Auto. We replaced it with their AGM equivalent for about $133 all in!:

New AGM H8 battery for W124 E300 for $133 all in!

These are made in Germany and I'm convinced they are same maker as MB OEM

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-- Chris

'95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer
'05 E320 CDI, 138k miles
'07 S550 4matic, 69k miles

Gone but not forgotten:

'76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995
'75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991

I bought a Mercedes battery for my car (a '98 e300 diesel) 3 and a half years ago. It was made in Mexico. It otherwise looks identical to the one I took out, which had been in the car for 9 years.


I paid $170 for mine, which was less than prices quoted by Sears, Advance Auto, and Auto Zone.

Walmart plays games with the pro-rata warranty. They don't use straight-line depreciation. The last time I dealt with them, my battery was about 70% through the pro rate period. They claimed the remaining value was only $1.39. They could not explain the calculation, just said "That's what the computer says." And then they could not sell me a replacement battery, even though it was on the shelf. The computer showed it had not been entered into stock. And that task could only be completed by the night shift, so I would have to come back the next day.

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$1.39!

You can get about 26 cents PER POUND for lead batteries around here when scrapping them....for a 60+lb Group 49 that's roughly $16!

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

LOL that's worse than my last used JY battery going on it's 3rd year.

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John was that out of my old wagon? I bought it in December 2016 at the MB dealer in Columbia. I still have the receipt if that helps.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

If the battery only had a 24 month warranty, that ran out December 2018.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 157K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 125K (SLoL)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Gone and wanting to forget:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™) [Definitely NOT a Benz]

Sometimes if there is no proof of purchase they go off the manufacture date on the battery. Having the proof of purchase may give some consideration. Maybe not. Just putting that out there for John if he wants it.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

The Autozone Platinum batteries are pretty good, those seem like the best deal for good quality right now.

You'd be a fool to buy one at Walmart. Watch Kent's video on YouTube about batteries for Mercedes. He bought one from Walmart and found out that the cheaper ones like that can't recover from a deep discharge like when you're replacing your fuel filter and it has to crank a lot.

He also recommends the Ctek battery charger to refurb batteries.

Most people with Bosch or MB batteries get a minimum of 8 years out of them. What did you do to get only TWO???