Looking for BEM code

[Matt2408]

So I had a couple problems with my battery situation. Anyway I’m looking to get a new battery, looking at the surakarta platinum agm it’s a 100 ah and 850 cca. But im looking for a BEM code. What other brands could I buy locally and someone maybe has a bem code they used. I don’t think that im able to just change one number in serial number but it was coded wrong before me and it’s set as non agm. I found a similar varta battery with similar stats to the duralast one can I use that as part and vender code and then change one number in serial?


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[bb-tt]

I bought a new varta from the dealer and it did not have been code just modified old battery code. Ross tech forums cover how to do.

[DrGER]

This has been discussed many times on the B8 forum.
See, for example:
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/846132-Battery
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/849745-What%E2%80%99s-a-good-replacement-battery-for-B8-A4
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/824659-A4-Battery-replacement-and-coding

I think the consensus is that, lacking a proper BEM sticker/code, incrementing the current serial number by 1 is sufficient to let J367 know the car has a new battery installed.

[Matt2408]

This has been discussed many times on the B8 forum.
See, for example:
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/846132-Battery
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/849745-What%E2%80%99s-a-good-replacement-battery-for-B8-A4
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/824659-A4-Battery-replacement-and-coding

I think the consensus is that, lacking a proper BEM sticker/code, incrementing the current serial number by 1 is sufficient to let J367 know the car has a new battery installed.

So what I got from those is that the part 000915105D is for 110Ah and 520a the diehard one is 95Ah and 900a. Can I still use that or would I need to try that 92Ah part number that I found?


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[Matt2408]

So what I got from those is that the part 000915105D is for 110Ah and 520a the diehard one is 95Ah and 900a. Can I still use that or would I need to try that 92Ah part number that I found?


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I also think from what I gathered is that I can use part number from a 92Ah agm 000915105CE but 8K0 instead of 000 and JCB as vendor instead of MLA. Would you say that will work?


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[bb-tt]

This has been discussed many times on the B8 forum.
See, for example:
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/846132-Battery
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/849745-What%E2%80%99s-a-good-replacement-battery-for-B8-A4
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/824659-A4-Battery-replacement-and-coding

I think the consensus is that, lacking a proper BEM sticker/code, incrementing the current serial number by 1 is sufficient to let J367 know the car has a new battery installed.

I was trying to be nice and not beat on him for not searching

[DrGER]

I also think from what I gathered is that I can use part number from a 92Ah agm 000915105CE but 8K0 instead of 000 and JCB as vendor instead of MLA. Would you say that will work?


My advice would be to replace according to the battery PR code on the build sticker (or better amp-hours), (re)code using your preferred tool, and be done with it.

[silver_tt]

BEM is literally meaningless… case in point, I dropped in an Optima and incremented the existing alphanumeric string and it works like a charm