So the trusty Westie let me down for the first time this Saturday with the arrival of the snow. Had sold a set of wheels to Bl4ckDOg on the forum and arranged to meet him on Saturday morning, loaded up Friday night, out to the Rangie in the morning all good car unlocked, ignition on, pressed start, click, lights faded, flat battery. Put the start pack on it, fired up straight away.

Dropped wheels off, all good. Stopped at Euro's to get a nice new BOSCH 019 AGM battery with 5yr warranty. How's this for mark up ? List price £465 + VAT with my trade discount £202 including WOW. Fitted new battery and reset with IID tool, car now turns over much quicker and low and behold my FBH is working again as is the drivers heated seat which had recently become temperamental.

Happy days !!!!! 2015 L405 Range Rover 4.4Sdv8 Vogue SE, Baltic Blue, Ivory
2012 L322 Range Rover 4.4 Westminster Baltic Blue, Ivory - Deceased
2012 Discovery 4 HSE 3.0 Sdv6 Oslo Grey, Black - Gone
2006 L322 Range Rover Td6 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue, Parchment - Gone
1996 P38 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Rioja Red, Black - Gone
1990 Landrover 110 2.5TD CSW - Why Oh Why ???

That’s good news then. I’ve needed a new one on mine for ages, but as it’s not being used much now, and inside, it’s just sat on the trickle charger.

That is a hefty mark up. I got a price from Land Rover for the genuine one, a few weeks ago, and I think it was about £170 with some discount. No idea if it had a guarantee though.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

ECP are renowned for offering all sort of "deal discounts" but only after they inflate the price to start with  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Mine tends to use a battery every 2 years.

Buy cheap off eBay and it just keeps ticking along.

Halfords AGM battery with 5 year warranty about £180 - easy exchange if it goes faulty. 2010 VSE [Roger]

Mine has not gone yet but i think it could be better.
gonna get a new one then install current one as a second battery in the boot. that way should not have any starting issues  2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - Current
2014 Navara V6 - Gone
2004 Vogue TD6 - Gone
Grand Cherokee - Gone
Discovery V8 (LPG) - Gone
Discovery TD5 - Gone

I just switched out a 12 month old Lion battery (previous owner) after it started to struggle in the winter. Big difference in starting speed and less worry about it going flat after half an hour with the doors open. 2008/58 FFRR 3.6 TDV8 Vogue

Well I guess I didn’t do too badly then.The battery I switched out was a LANDROVER branded Varta battery dated 2012 so guessing the original that the car came from the dealership with. 2015 L405 Range Rover 4.4Sdv8 Vogue SE, Baltic Blue, Ivory
2012 L322 Range Rover 4.4 Westminster Baltic Blue, Ivory - Deceased
2012 Discovery 4 HSE 3.0 Sdv6 Oslo Grey, Black - Gone
2006 L322 Range Rover Td6 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue, Parchment - Gone
1996 P38 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Rioja Red, Black - Gone
1990 Landrover 110 2.5TD CSW - Why Oh Why ???

Changed mine end of December. Was still the original JLR/Varta battery dated 2011. Changed it for a Varta G14, which is the same battery as original. £160 with discount from Tayna.

Having been bitten (again) recently by Euro Crap Parts it saddens me that they use nonsense to convince people that they are getting a bargain.
I only buy batteries from Tayna these days as their service has been second to none and their prices; well let’s just say that the OP could’ve saved a lot of money  2017 Jaguar F Pace 25t Portfolio - still part of the JLR family 😀
2009 3.6 V8 (MY2010) - my first ever diesel! - now also gone
2004 4.4 V8 Petrol Vogue - now gone

Okay, so battery completely dead. I am trying to jumpstart. Got the second car connected up with substantial leads. Second car is running.

On the RR jump leads are connected to the battery terminals as best possible given access. ( there seems to be some sort sensor on the negative terminal and secondary connections on the positive)

It’s been like this for 30 mins now and still nothing at all on the RR; no response to start button, no dash, nothing!

Exasperated! What have I missed? TDV8 4.4 2012

run a multimeter on the dead battery while the jump leads are connected. see if you get anything.
there are Jump leads and there are jump leads i have found in the past. i have had what appeared to be substantial leads but they never worked on bigger engines say 2.0 upwards. In the end i brought a set of Halfords leads rated to 5.0 diesel / petrol never had an issue since.

If you do get a 12- 14v reading then i would be looking at fuses. 2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - Current
2014 Navara V6 - Gone
2004 Vogue TD6 - Gone
Grand Cherokee - Gone
Discovery V8 (LPG) - Gone
Discovery TD5 - Gone

Battery recharged & car running after some shenanigans; anyone know what this connector is on the bulkhead behind the positive terminal ?

Is that an AGM battery?

No, unfortunately not. An AGM is winging it’s way through the courier network right now. TDV8 4.4 2012