Dealership asking $450+ for battery health report

[mpulsiv]

I'm approaching 100k miles (~6 years), so I figured it was a good time to check if the battery capacity had dropped below 80%.
$450 seems outrageous, but then again, they also try to sell me $100 windshield wipers.

Wouldn’t expect anything less from the typical stealership.

 

[f1geek]

I'm approaching 100k miles (~6 years), so I figured it was a good time to check if the battery capacity had dropped below 80%.
$450 seems outrageous, but then again, they also try to sell me $100 windshield wipers.

Wouldn’t expect anything less from the typical stealership.

You can check it yourself with a driving test. Unless you live somewhere super hot, like Arizona, pack will probably be better than 80%. Also, warranty is for 70% or better SOH.

 

[gitnewb]

Tell them you want a "Battery Health Quicktest (BHQ)". Reference: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10248096-0001.pdf

The labor time for that job is in the service bulletin, it's 50 TU or 50 minutes max. All they do is hook up the ODIS scan tool and let it run a report. The other type of battery reports take more time. In fact, I would just call up local VW independent shops and find one who has ODIS and let them do it.