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GOT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES? => GENERAL => Topic started by: Boydy on October 12, 2014, 03:53:04

Title: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Boydy on October 12, 2014, 03:53:04: Hey all, just found this site. What my problem is I have no cover on the +ve side of my battery. Ive had a look at pictures and its supposed to be there. As i the actual clip. Mustve fallen off, Ive only had the car a few months.

Just wondering if there is any place i could buy one. A link?
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: The Gonz on October 12, 2014, 04:04:58: New? Talk to the dealer.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Boydy on October 12, 2014, 05:12:12: Sorry, thought i should mention its used.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: The Gonz on October 12, 2014, 05:23:20: I don't think the cover does anything functional.
Is this what you mean?
http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp (http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp)
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Just Rick on October 12, 2014, 08:15:37: Boydy as Gonz said the cover is really only a safety feature,so you don't short the battery or or accidentally hook up jumpers the wrong way,even though the car is used if it is still younger than five years you should have transferred the remainder of the new car warranty,it may still be covered
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Asterix on October 12, 2014, 11:28:06: Hi Boydy

:wttc:

You can do without the cover, many cars in the past have survived without it. :mrgreen:

However, if it's a issue for you, contact the dealer to hear if warranty will cover it. If not, I'm sure it can't be that expensive.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: baroudeur on October 12, 2014, 11:51:52: Why would the missing battery terminal cover come under warranty :confused:

If it was missing when the car was sold the purchaser should have noticed. If it wasn't then it has been lost since the car was purchased. Neither would come under warranty.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Shambles on October 12, 2014, 12:01:15: ^-- I thought that too, initially, then I changed my mind and considered that the battery cover is part of the car's specification. And it's missing :Dunno:
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Phil №❶ on October 12, 2014, 12:02:29: Not a warranty item, get one from a wreck.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: eye30 on October 12, 2014, 16:19:39: Quote from: Phil №❶ on October 12, 2014, 12:02:29
Not a warranty item, get one from a wreck.
Not detailed in the exclusions!

Therefore in hy hq speak is included otherwise be in exclusion list
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Phil №❶ on October 12, 2014, 22:38:37: How do we know it wasn't purchased privately. No mention of a dealer in post #1
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: eye30 on October 13, 2014, 00:08:24: Quote from: Phil №❶ on October 12, 2014, 22:38:37
How do we know it wasn't purchased privately. No mention of a dealer in post #1
Would not matter who the seller was as warranty is transferable so long as hy are notified of change of owner
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Phil №❶ on October 13, 2014, 06:27:40: :Dunno:

Good luck claiming warranty :exclaim:
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: The Gonz on October 13, 2014, 08:57:23: Quote from: The Gonz on October 12, 2014, 05:23:20
I don't think the cover does anything functional.
Is this what you mean?
http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp (http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp)
This is a very long thread for £6. :whistler:
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Dazzler on October 13, 2014, 10:54:06: Quote from: The Gonz on October 13, 2014, 08:57:23
Quote from: The Gonz on October 12, 2014, 05:23:20
I don't think the cover does anything functional.
Is this what you mean?
http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp (http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp)
This is a very long thread for £6. :whistler:

:whsaid: :lol:
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: eye30 on October 13, 2014, 12:09:58: Quote from: Dazzler on October 13, 2014, 10:54:06
Quote from: The Gonz on October 13, 2014, 08:57:23
Quote from: The Gonz on October 12, 2014, 05:23:20
I don't think the cover does anything functional.
Is this what you mean?
http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp (http://shop.platts.co.uk/hyundai-coupe-battery-terminal-cover-372602c100-1123-p.asp)
This is a very long thread for £6. :whistler:

:whsaid: :lol:

£6 will get you just shy of 5l of petrol
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: baroudeur on October 14, 2014, 15:40:42: Quote from: Shambles on October 12, 2014, 12:01:15
^-- I thought that too, initially, then I changed my mind and considered that the battery cover is part of the car's specification. And it's missing :Dunno:

And if a wheel trim or the oil filler cap was missing? Removable items are not likely to be regarded as a warranty claim.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Shambles on October 14, 2014, 19:40:20: I didn't mention warranty.

You could argue that a battery cover is fitted for safety reasons, not cosmetic.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: baroudeur on October 18, 2014, 17:19:30: Quote from: Shambles on October 14, 2014, 19:40:20
I didn't mention warranty.

You could argue that a battery cover is fitted for safety reasons, not cosmetic.

I mentioned warranty to which, I assumed, you were responding :confused:

Could it not be equally be argued that there are many cars not fitted with battery terminal covers so they are cosmetic? :undecided:
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: Shambles on October 18, 2014, 20:08:04: Yes indeed.

I see the safety aspect as being important, to prevent accidental grounding.
Title: Re: Battery cover +ve
Post by: The Gonz on October 19, 2014, 03:31:46: :sleeping: