Varta Car Battery Date Code. The car is a 2008 A8L. 2 digits above 2 digits below.
There is also a bar code 016487 102183 but this could easily be a shop code for. Vatrtas web site is absent this data. The second line codes the battery manufacturer the manufacturing date of the battery and contains a part making this code specific.
Identifying battery age.
The date code is stamped into the top of one of the teminals and is four numerical digits or two above two ww yy. Delco reverses the letter and the number. According to VARTA the battery should be installed in the customers vehicle no later than a total of 15 months from the date of manufacture. Discussion Starter 3 Jun 24 2011.
