All, hopefully this is the right sub forum. I purchased a new 2018 XLT 2 weeks ago and the dealership agreed to throw in a new battery. The build date was 01-10-18 and the battery I have in now is stamped 01/15/18. How do I tell if this is a "new" battery? Could this battery have been sitting at the dealership unused for that long and its still considered new?

Thanks,
Pangus

 

Yah, dealer is not gonna sell it as used or throw it away.

 

Is this a trick question? You posted the battery's build date. You know exactly how "new" it is.

 

Are you SERIOUSLY concerned with this.....? The battery you have now is precisely 5 days newer than the factory installed battery .

 

Thanks for the replies. Sorry I should have clarified more.

Because the date on the battery is so close to the date on the vehicle's Window Sticker, I'm concerned that the dealership never actually gave me a new battery. Is there any way to confirm if the dealership actually gave me a new battery?

The only way I could see that they did give me a new battery is if the dates are just a coincidence and the new battery had been sitting on the shelf for 8 months. I'd think that a battery sitting on a shelf would be in better shape than a battery terminated in a vehicle and constantly depleting itself on the lot.

-Pangus