is this battery the original one for new 2023 4runner?

I'm suspecting dealer replace battery before sell the car to me for unknown reason

 

We need a picture of the whole battery. Factory batteries are Panasonic.

 

Looks original. Why would it matter if they changed it?

 

That’s the original factory Panasonic battery. You can tell by the round vent caps on top. After your original factory battery dies you will not be able to buy a battery like that from the dealer. The dealer batteries are made by Johnson Controls or by that company that bought them out which are not as good as the Panasonic batteries.

 

I took pictures of removable items (including battery) after delivery. I didn't officially take delivery until two weeks after whilst sorting out sales of the other truck and getting cash deposits ready. Salesman warned it may be tampered with/damaged if used for test driving. (New 4Runner were scarce on the lot then. Some cash buyers were even offering to buy mines from the lot) So i asked him to lock it up and keep all keys until pickup.

 

Can you share the photo of battery of your new 2023 4Runner?
Thanks a lot

 

Thanks for your reply
I'm asking it because it looks different from most of 4runner battery like this My car is manufactured in April 2023 not sure if new car manufactured after that all have the same battery as mine BTW: what's 180423D means on the label? I find similar 260418D on other photo but have no idea how to decode it

 

And this is 280821D

 

and this one is 230321D

 

Can i ask, why you care? Is there a issue? 12volts is 12volts. Do you have some sort of issue? Or just over nerding on your new rig?

 

this one is 250821D

 

And, ill share my bat's. Wondering why you would even care????? But do you boss.

 

Thanks a lot for your photo
Have you replaced battery by yourself?

My car is manufactured in April 2023 and just bought it this month below market price and the experience of buying is tricky. Salesman adjusted clock during test drive

 

The clock adjustment is a gigantic no-no for me. Something very tricky was going on.

 

then I realized the battery in my car looks different from most of battery photo I can find on web
want to confirm if it's not the original one for new 4runner manufactured after April 2023

What kind of tricky can it be?
Thanks

 

Just found another photo of a 2016 4runner
it has serial number 250415D it seems 25 - some type/model 04 - manufactured month 15 - manufactured year?

 

WTF?!?! Are we seeing who’s battery is bigger?

 

No
I'm suspecting dealer replaced battery because car has parasitic draw draining battery abnormally

 

2016 4runner battery has serial number 020616D

 

Welcome. I was just joking with my comment.

Your battery looks like a normal Panasonic that comes in all Toyota’s. What state or region are you in that has you concerned?

 

Thanks for your reply
I'm in bay area CA

 

That looks like a OEM battery. Very good batteries in my experience.

Has your battery run down because of parasitic draw? Hopefully you havent because then you’d need it to take it to the service dept. If you think the sales dept is tricky, wait till you meet a modern day service writer lol

 

find a photo of Panasonic battery on 2019 Mazda 3 with serial number 091218D
https://www.mazda3revolution.com/threads/panasonic-car-battery.240884/
"More specifically, Model AK23331, which I can't find anywhere. Further review of the label (see attached) reveals what I think is a date code of 091218D. A simple translation would seem to indicate that it was made on 09/12/2018, but I don't know what the D stands for. "


Can somebody confirm this decoding method is correct on Panasonic OEM battery?
Thanks a lot

 

https://www.mazda6club.com/threads/how-to-identificate-battery-year.448350/
"I have the same battery. Where your code states "16061402", mine reads "240916G".
My car was registered in Jan 2017, therefore it would make sense to decode that my battery was produced on 24 Sept 2016. I would suspect that your battery was produced on 16 June 2014. "

 

At a minimum, the date decoding must be different, since the first two digits on mine are 26. I assume if it really is a date code, it's day-month-year. They all end in D. But date code is just an assumption. I don't really know.

Why do you suspect there was an excess parasitic power draw? Have you noticed anything other than a label difference?

 

Thanks for your reply

the experience of buying is tricky.
Salesman adjusted clock during test drive

 

There are several reasons he might have done that. The clock might not have been set to local time before that, it could have been set inaccurately to local time, the battery could have been disconnected for some dealer preparation procedures.

 

Thanks a lot for your photo

My battery label looks quite different from yours

when is your new 4runner manufactured? You can find it on your driver side door plate i.e. MM/YY mine is 04/23
What's the serial number on yellow label?
it's xxxxxxD like number string

according to my previous post, it's in DDMMYY format

Thanks a lot

 

Hope this is the reason behind it
Thanks a lot for your reply

 

Here is the battery from my 2020.


And the one from my 2023.




OP’s battery does look suspiciously different.