[cjames]

Does any one know where I can get a new furuwaka or one just good or better? I know about the Hawker, but are there any other choices?

I took my 2001 CVT into the dealer this morning to have them "service" and charge my original furuwaka 12volt battery (indicator on battery said needs charge). I told the service rep I wanted to just check the battery and service if possible. An hour later the service rep says my car is ready to go with a new honda "replacement" battery already installed. They wouldn't let me have my old battery, they said that they had to send it back to Honda.

 

[Willie Williford]

James;
If ti was done under warranty, you can't get it back. If they charged you for the battery, you have the legal right (per state law) to retain the old one.

 

[Rick]

I've tried a few different routes to find furukawa's, but none worked succesfully. I think your only bet would be to have a large quantity imported from Japan where they are made. I personally switched over to my little Hawker a while back and have had the furukawa sitting there occasionally charging it. It probably won't stay for too long unfortunately. The big civic battery is just way overkill for a replacement.

 

[Yves M.]

Hi,

I might not be releavent to you but I had put an equivalent to a Civic battery (but with the poles on the correct side: for a Suzuki Sprint).

It is cheap, not much more weight and has more capacity than the furuwaka.

It was a good move for me as this winter the IMA was out and I had to run on the 12v battery alone with all lights on and barely got to a dealer. The engine died once on the dealer lot. You could hardly see that the lights where on. It was dark.

Any smaller battery capacity would have had me pay for a towing which is more than the price of the battery.

 

[William]

Look for it at this site:

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/

 

[cjames]

thanks for the input.

I'm going to drive with this battery for now and keep looking for a more high tec solution.

thanks for the majestic honda site, it's a good place to see all the parts possible for any project. But I had already called them and even though their site says furuwaka on it, they really have the same honda replacement type battery.

 

[Rick]

I inquired about that at majestic honda too, regular civic battery, and they can't ship flooded batteries anyways.

 

[Guillermo]

I got a quote from my honda dealer a few months ago.
OEM honda Insight 12v : $150 Canadian
Honda civic battery from dealer: $70 Canadian

Sure it's larger and maybe about 50% heavier then the original but I didn't want to pay so much more money just to save a few kilograms of weight. Civic battery fits perfectly.

 

[meow77]

Guillermo

Is it the same type of battery we have in the car the smaller one the OEM quote you got? If so what's the name of your dealer. ..

I personally want to save the extra kilograms of weight.