Car Batteries In Nottingham, Mansfield & Derby

Yes, we offer a battery fitting service for cars. We fit it while you wait at our shop in Bulwell. Use our battery finder at the top of this page for an instant price.

If you do not have your car radio code then please let us know before we disconnect your battery. In most cases, we can retain or retrieve radio codes if required.

At Ken’s Autos, we sell Banner car batteries from our shop in Nottingham. Banner batteries are a German OE Manufacturer and have produced batteries since 1937, and they’re sold in 80 countries around the world. Many battery brand names have been passed around, sold to different companies who buy the rights to stick the label to their own batteries; this passing around of brands has resulted in some brands losing quality or reputation in the market.

Car batteries are fitted from £78.99, including VAT: the battery plus £25 fitting. Stop-start EFB batteries are from £80.99 fitted and AGM from £156.99. The finder at the top of this page shows both prices for your car, fitted or to collect, or WhatsApp us your reg.

Yes. Choose Collect in the battery finder and pick it up from our Bulwell shop at the battery price, from £53.99 inc. VAT. Reserve it on WhatsApp first so it’s ready for you, and send your reg if you’d like us to check it’s the right one.

No appointment needed: come in any time we’re open and we’ll fit your battery while you wait. To be sure we have the right one ready for you, reserve it on WhatsApp or give us a call first.

Usually around five years. The AA says most last five to seven years, but lots of short trips and power-hungry electrics can wear one out in two or three.

The engine turning over slowly when you start it, the battery warning light, dim lights or electrics playing up, a battery that’s over five years old, or a swollen or leaking case. A slow start, especially on a cold morning, is often the first sign.

Cold slows the chemistry inside a battery. Battery makers say that at 0°C even a healthy battery loses about 30% of its starting power, just when a cold engine needs more. A battery that was weak in the autumn often gives up on the first frosty morning.

Standard batteries suit cars without stop-start. EFB (enhanced flooded) batteries are built for the extra starts of most stop-start cars, and AGM (absorbent glass mat) batteries are for advanced stop-start, brake energy recovery and cars with lots of electrics. A stop-start car must never have a standard battery, and a car that came with AGM always needs AGM.

If the engine switches itself off when you stop, for example at traffic lights, and starts again when you move off, it has stop-start. There’s usually a button to turn it off, often marked with an A in a circle. If you’re not sure, choose “Not sure” in the finder and we’ll suggest a stop-start battery, which also works in cars without it.

Many newer cars, including most Audi, BMW, Mini, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen, Land Rover, Jaguar and Mazda models, need the new battery registered with the car’s computer so it charges it correctly. Some Ford, Vauxhall, Nissan, Kia and Hyundai models need it too. We’ll tell you if yours does when you get in touch.

Yes. Banner is what we keep on the shelf, so it’s the battery we recommend when it fits your car. We also fit Platinum and Fahren batteries from our supplier, usually in the same or next day, and all three carry the same 4-year warranty.

Four years on every battery we sell: Banner, Platinum and Fahren. Keep your receipt; if a battery fails within the warranty, bring the car in and we’ll test it and sort it.

We take it away and recycle it, free. That goes for batteries we fit and for batteries you collect: bring the old one back when you’re done and we’ll take it off your hands.

Yes, free. A car that won’t start isn’t always the battery: a tired alternator or a bad connection can look the same. Bring the car in, we’ll test the battery and the charging system, and we’ll only sell you a battery if you need one.