Hello!
Short time lurker, new poster.
The battery in my wife’s ‘17 1.3L automatic died this morning. I went to a Honda dealer and based on the VIN, I purchased a replacement battery.
I asked the parts rep if this is a start/stop battery, as this Jazz has that option.
Side note : in the past it engaged fairly often but the last 1.5 years it has given the crossed out A-Battery icon and not worked. I figured this was due to the 7 year old battery (original!).
The rep told me that no, it is not a S/S battery and that there is no such item available for this model based on the VIN. He also said the original battery was also not a S/S one. Ok, I thought to myself, my mistake.
I installed the new battery and of course S/S didn’t work, gave the same crossed out A with the battery symbol.
I was under the impression that for a car with S/S, both the battery AND the starter were specifically designed to handle the increased start and stop duty cycle. Am I wrong on this? I would be very grateful for any kind of clarification on this issue.
The original battery had what I assume is the part number of: 55B24L (S)-MF
The replacement is listed on the invoice as “Battery (55B24L) (MUTLU) (31500TEZG03)”.
The VIN number is