Battery for R56 cooper S

[bazza white]

I have an 09 COOPER S with stop start. What Battery do i need. Any links. ECP showing £279 starting price ouch. Also what involved with programming the new battery in.

[steve-5snwi]

Try mini themselves but around £180 to £250 is about right. If it needs programming it's not something you can do yourself and it needs to go on diagnostics.

[Maracus]

Try Halfords, I know

I just bought one for my non start stop 2010 Cooper S. The MINI service guy I know quite well suggested Halfords as theirs are expensive, they can code it for you as well.

[duff]

I bought mine from https://advancedbatterysupplies.co.uk and had a specialist fit and code it whilst it was in for other work.

[Gunk]

Just replaced mine in our R55 Cooper D, two independents I spoke to both recommended fitting a genuine battery. So I took their advice, the battery also needs coding to the car, whole job was about 30mins labour so it’s not a cheap job.

[df76]

MINI weren't too expensive when i asked, however, Halfords were doing a deal and I got it fitted for under £160.

[steve-5snwi]

Just make sure it's the right one for the car in terms of amps and cranking voltage, ideally you want genuine, Bosch or Varta for a battery.

[Gunk]

Not all R56 minis use the same battery. As I said before you’re better to get a decent indie or main dealer to source the correct battery off the VIN number and fit it.

[df76]

As it's a stop / start Mini you need an AGM and that has to be programmed to the car.

[Gunk]

df76 said:

As it's a stop / start Mini you need an AGM and that has to be programmed to the car.

The coding to the car has already been mentioned

[Plan B]

The Carly BMW diagnostic kit supports battery coding for Mini. You need to buy their OBD adaptor and their IOS/Android app. It's a very useful app not just for diagnostics but also for tweaking a wide range of ECU settings on all BMW derivatives (including Mini).