Battery dead & Porsche warranty - what are my options?

[SHIFTY]

Neighbour has a 911 still under Porsche warranty his battery went flat would not hold chage called Porsche assistance and as it was a Sunday with all Porsche service centres shut he was told to go to Halfords and buy one.

[abby030976]

The warranty is covered by the financial ombudsman. Fit a Bosch one, cheaper, better and longer warranty. Porsche will prob not even notice. If they do and your claim has nothing to do with a the battery you should be fine. If they refused to pay, you would go to the ombudsman and win. Bosch are a Porsche supplier for a lot of things.

[DiscoColin]

abby030976 said:

The warranty is covered by the financial ombudsman. Fit a Bosch one, cheaper, better and longer warranty. Porsche will prob not even notice. If they do and your claim has nothing to do with a the battery you should be fine. If they refused to pay, you would go to the ombudsman and win. Bosch are a Porsche supplier for a lot of things.

It hasn't historically been a problem with claims, however they will generally decline to take your money and send you on your way if you wanted to extend a warranty with a non-OE battery fitted. That is the issue. If not planning to extend it when it runs out then as you say, it is not really an issue.