Which Main Battery to get?
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Which Main Battery to get?
Hi own a 2014 E350 with 115,000KM. looks like it needs a new main battery as the eco start stop has stopped working. i’m looking at an interstate battery and a bosch s5 battery. i don’t know which one is capable of auto start stop use. Thoughts? or brands to try? thanks.
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Bosch batteries sold at PepBoys seems to be long-time winner, although occasionally Champion batteries do have good coupons.
When I bought my first "ECO" car it come with wet battery, so when 2nd car needed new one as well, I bought wet Bosch for about $120. so 2 years on 1 and less than a year on 2nd wet battery with regenerative charging.
AGM batteries would be better if you plan to drive the car upside down, but that basically is the only advantage for much more money.
Than I hear AGM batteries usually fail within 3 years, when I have 96 months warranty on Bosch.
For aux battery I went to FCP as for few bucks more than competition - they offer lifetime warranty on MB batteries. I only hope FCP will be still in business when the small battery fails.
When I bought my first "ECO" car it come with wet battery, so when 2nd car needed new one as well, I bought wet Bosch for about $120. so 2 years on 1 and less than a year on 2nd wet battery with regenerative charging.
AGM batteries would be better if you plan to drive the car upside down, but that basically is the only advantage for much more money.
Than I hear AGM batteries usually fail within 3 years, when I have 96 months warranty on Bosch.
For aux battery I went to FCP as for few bucks more than competition - they offer lifetime warranty on MB batteries. I only hope FCP will be still in business when the small battery fails.
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Hi own a 2014 E350 with 115,000KM. looks like it needs a new main battery as the eco start stop has stopped working. i’m looking at an interstate battery and a bosch s5 battery. i don’t know which one is capable of auto start stop use. Thoughts? or brands to try? thanks.
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ECO restart has a dozen parameters that need to be meet for the feature to be activated.
When I did not see clear document wchich battery operate the ECO restarts, fact is that when main battery, or airmatic compressor will not hold the parameters, the feature will not engage.
Too many unknowns to speculate.
When I did not see clear document wchich battery operate the ECO restarts, fact is that when main battery, or airmatic compressor will not hold the parameters, the feature will not engage.
Too many unknowns to speculate.
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Installed the battery
one thing is the battery drain tube. where does it go? the tube is really short. got a battery from ExoParts and was around $350 CAD, genuine mercedes battery. and ECO Mode works! problem solved. Did not need to attach any battery tender, retained all memory i believe. will update later. but everything was easy!
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eco mode from a cold start doesn’t turn on immediately, which is understandable. but after 5-10 min drive and restarting the car, eco mode turns on right away. is it possible to reset eco mode?
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I am trying to make sense how ECO works and what's keeping it off, but it makes no logic sense.
I drive in 100+F, so doesn't take long for engine warm-up.
The ECO will work 1 and 2 minutes after start, but will quite for minutes 10-30, to stop the engine again after about 1/2 hr.
That is on car with DPF delete, so I wonder if ECU keeps on trying to get regeneration going.
I think I will start driving with scanner plug-in and monitor what exactly is going on.
I drive in 100+F, so doesn't take long for engine warm-up.
The ECO will work 1 and 2 minutes after start, but will quite for minutes 10-30, to stop the engine again after about 1/2 hr.
That is on car with DPF delete, so I wonder if ECU keeps on trying to get regeneration going.
I think I will start driving with scanner plug-in and monitor what exactly is going on.
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I am trying to make sense how ECO works and what's keeping it off, but it makes no logic sense.
I drive in 100+F, so doesn't take long for engine warm-up.
The ECO will work 1 and 2 minutes after start, but will quite for minutes 10-30, to stop the engine again after about 1/2 hr.
That is on car with DPF delete, so I wonder if ECU keeps on trying to get regeneration going.
I think I will start driving with scanner plug-in and monitor what exactly is going on.
I drive in 100+F, so doesn't take long for engine warm-up.
The ECO will work 1 and 2 minutes after start, but will quite for minutes 10-30, to stop the engine again after about 1/2 hr.
That is on car with DPF delete, so I wonder if ECU keeps on trying to get regeneration going.
I think I will start driving with scanner plug-in and monitor what exactly is going on.
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I bought a new battery for the trunk, charged both that and the main big under hood battery, which was recently replaced, and eco still doesn't work. I even turn off the AC before the stop to load shed and see if it will work. I know I should count my blessings that the silly system doesn't work, but I like things to work. I wonder if my no name aftermarket battery doesn't have enough sack to do the job. It starts the car and spins it like a top.
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I bought a new battery for the trunk, charged both that and the main big under hood battery, which was recently replaced, and eco still doesn't work. I even turn off the AC before the stop to load shed and see if it will work. I know I should count my blessings that the silly system doesn't work, but I like things to work. I wonder if my no name aftermarket battery doesn't have enough sack to do the job. It starts the car and spins it like a top.
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The main battery powers the starter, of course. But there a lot of electronics involved in Eco stop and start, and those controllers are powered by the aux battery. (One of the many parameters that the Eco stop/start computer monitors is the main battery's voltage.) That's why both batteries have to be in good condition.
