Normally, I'd have said yes, but this particular battery was just over 1 year old, and was sold to me with a 2 year warranty. I hadn't changed it at Ford because the previous battery failed after Ford had closed for the day. I'd gone to one of the big battery places in Hua Hin, and they sold me this super battery that was perfect for my car - I was a happy bunny, remember thinking at the time - a 2 year warranty, haha batteries don't die that fast. I filed the receipt anyway.
I drove straight to the big battery place to get the battery exchanged under warranty, in full knowledge that Ford would be closed if they refused.
When we got there, a guy came straight out to meet us, didn't query anything and told us to wait in the waiting room. We were sat there for about 10 minutes, when the guy came and invited us to the car:
- They'd tested the battery and agreed it was about to fail at any time.
- Could I prove there was a 2 year warranty? There was no warranty period written on the receipt. Long story shortened, no proof, no warranty - lesson learned .
- They explained the battery we had bought was fantastic for Toyotas, but useless on Fords
- They offered to replace my battery with a Ford specific battery (I was really going to do that after they'd sold me the right battery for my car last time, and wouldn't honour their guarantee)
I will have a Ford battery fitted at 08:30 tomorrow morning.
Now my question.................... Do you really have specific batteries for different models of cars here, or is this big battery place, which also specialises in tyres, a complete sham?