Great Vantage Battery Replacement Tutorial
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I found this great tutorial of how to replace a battery on the Vantage and it is the best I have seen to date. At the bottom of the tutorial is a link to his other Aston projects, again with great explanations and pictures. For someone like me that lives 255 miles away from the closest Aston dealership, information like this is invaluable.
https://bernardembden.com/am/battrepla/index.htm
https://bernardembden.com/am/battrepla/index.htm
It is pretty straightforward to change the battery . Why they didn’t make the clamps slightly shorter , I don’t know . Must have had a Cad jockeys working to different level drawings ...
A bit of force and the clamps slide off .
Don’t think you need to keep power to the leads when the battery is disconnected either . Mine works fine without doing that .
A bit of force and the clamps slide off .
Don’t think you need to keep power to the leads when the battery is disconnected either . Mine works fine without doing that .
Hmm, I’ve done it a few times on my 2007 Vantage (battery drain, now fixed!) - it’s nowhere near that difficult in my experience.
I found the whole cutting section unnecessary. You just need to pull the trim back a bit to slide the plate off to the left. Maybe it’s different on later cars.
As long as you have the right tools (a torx set and an extension to get the nut behind the battery), and a strong back for lifting it out, it’s not too difficult at all. I believe the Roadster is tougher.
A good guide nonetheless though- the pictures will be useful to anyone attempting it for the first time.
I found the whole cutting section unnecessary. You just need to pull the trim back a bit to slide the plate off to the left. Maybe it’s different on later cars.
As long as you have the right tools (a torx set and an extension to get the nut behind the battery), and a strong back for lifting it out, it’s not too difficult at all. I believe the Roadster is tougher.
A good guide nonetheless though- the pictures will be useful to anyone attempting it for the first time.
ds666 said:
It is pretty straightforward to change the battery . Why they didn’t make the clamps slightly shorter , I don’t know . Must have had a Cad jockeys working to different level drawings ...
A bit of force and the clamps slide off .
Don’t think you need to keep power to the leads when the battery is disconnected either . Mine works fine without doing that .
Agreed, you don’t. I think earlier cars lose radio settings, but that’s about it. I’ve never maintained the power. A bit of force and the clamps slide off .
Don’t think you need to keep power to the leads when the battery is disconnected either . Mine works fine without doing that .
Thank you! Thank you! It is June 2025 and this is still a valuable post and link. I was so frustrated and then searched the forums when coming to the area where you have to slide out the two battery anchor pieces. This was so helpful. Fortunately, with a long screwdriver I was able to slightly push the wiring harness away to slide the two metal anchor pieces out. Really thankful!
raceboy said:
Looks like mine is dead, any recommendations for a new battery for an 06 4.3 Vantage?
Just a normal Yuasa from Halfords will be fine https://www.halfords.com/motoring/batteries/car-ba...
Batteries scare me, but took a man the **** up pill and the old one is out.
Much more hard work than it should be and the alarm refusing to turn off once disconnected was a nice touch, remedied by leaving the battery conditioner plugged in
Not sure if it’s the original battery, wouldn’t have expected the Jaguar branding but who knows, it’s not had a battery in my 8 years of ownership.
Slightly confused by the replacement suppliers listing a 017 a 017/019 and a 019 option
Much more hard work than it should be and the alarm refusing to turn off once disconnected was a nice touch, remedied by leaving the battery conditioner plugged in
Not sure if it’s the original battery, wouldn’t have expected the Jaguar branding but who knows, it’s not had a battery in my 8 years of ownership.
Slightly confused by the replacement suppliers listing a 017 a 017/019 and a 019 option
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