Dear friends of the Tiger,
I bought a new battery for my Macan Diesel (build 2014), a Varta Silver Dynamic AGM 95Ah. As it is an aftermarket battery, it comes without the serial- and part-numbers which are required to register the new battery. Without these numbers - a 10-digits serial number and an 11-digits part number - it is impossible to register the battery with an iCarsoft diagnostic tool. I tried the registration with numbers from the internet, but without success. The iCarsoft device alwayssays 'Cannot receive correct response from vehicle'. It also won't work without any numbers.
Neither iCarsoft nor Varta are able or willing to help.
Can anyone help with serial- and part-numbers? They can also be from another battery manufacturer as long as the battery type (AGM 95 Ah) is the same. Or does anyone know how to trick the iCarsoft tool?
Thanks a lot,
Andreas
Registration of new battery
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Does your new Varta have a BEM code sticker on it?
I’ve also seen some posts saying iCarsoft battery registration doesn’t work on the Macan but it might have been updated since then.
I’ve also seen some posts saying iCarsoft battery registration doesn’t work on the Macan but it might have been updated since then.
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I've just fitted a halfords 019 AGM battery as the original 2015 battery on my Ds was running at 15v charging and although it looked fine if left for a few days without being on a battery optimiser it would still start but throw up loads of random eml codes which once it had been driven for 15 mins could be cleared by a crista code reader and did not return once the vehicle was re started.
I used a separate battery and jump leads on the jump terminals on the front of the car to keep 12vdc on the system whilst I replaced the battery just in case droping it off affected the coding of the car.
on start up the new battery charges at 13.7 to 14.1 v so I suspect the old one was on its way out
I bought the battery from halfords and they informed me that they could not code it and sevral other places also said the same, its obviously not a Porsche battery so no special code to enter into any system.
I'll be taking it to northway in a few months for a light service so I'll enquire with them if they can do it whilst its there, I'll keep an eye on the charging voltage
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I've just fitted a halfords 019 AGM battery as the original 2015 battery on my Ds was running at 15v charging and although it looked fine if left for a few days without being on a battery optimiser it would still start but throw up loads of random eml codes which once it had been driven for 15 mins could be cleared by a crista code reader and did not return once the vehicle was re started.
I used a separate battery and jump leads on the jump terminals on the front of the car to keep 12vdc on the system whilst I replaced the battery just in case droping it off affected the coding of the car.
on start up the new battery charges at 13.7 to 14.1 v so I suspect the old one was on its way out
I bought the battery from halfords and they informed me that they could not code it and sevral other places also said the same, its obviously not a Porsche battery so no special code to enter into any system.
I'll be taking it to northway in a few months for a light service so I'll enquire with them if they can do it whilst its there, I'll keep an eye on the charging
I used a separate battery and jump leads on the jump terminals on the front of the car to keep 12vdc on the system whilst I replaced the battery just in case droping it off affected the coding of the car.
on start up the new battery charges at 13.7 to 14.1 v so I suspect the old one was on its way out
I bought the battery from halfords and they informed me that they could not code it and sevral other places also said the same, its obviously not a Porsche battery so no special code to enter into any system.
I'll be taking it to northway in a few months for a light service so I'll enquire with them if they can do it whilst its there, I'll keep an eye on the charging
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