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Where would you recommend I get the battery from?

Never mind lol, how about euro car parts?

Hi Gareth, I'll probably end up getting the battery changed soon, thanks for the recommendations I'll give those a look. Would halfords be a good bet?

I've attached to screenshot's below, I purchased OBD tool to get some readings from the battery. I put the key into ignition and at the beginning the battery condition was at 78%. Then I switched on the headlights and the heater but left the engine off and it started to get lower and eventually went to 65%. Is the battery just degrading too quickly? The screenshot with it at 14V was with the engine running and I thought that it was a pretty normal voltage reading?

Hi Gareth, I have no idea how old it is but the it was made by Tungstone, I've attached a picture below it does seem old though

Hi Gareth, I think he connected some sort of machine to the car which tested the battery health and voltage, I got it tested from a place called Car Spares

So about 6/7 months into ownership I've got a really weird issue with my A3 8V. About 30-40mins into driving, my stop/start and say Automatic Stop/Start System Fault: Function Not Available, my heater fan speed gets reduced and doesn't work at full fan speed and the engine revs at 1100rpm when idle. I've only started to experience these faults when the car was sat for 6 days and it popped up with a message saying Low Battery: Battery will charge during drive but since then I've covered 400 miles which has been motorway mileage. So I thought it might be the battery on it's way out but I got the battery tested and it's 91% health.

Hi Gareth, Might sound a bit weird but the car kind of just fixed itself. I've only occasionally had the issue of it popping up with low battery but it's been working fine since.

So about 6/7 months into ownership I've got a really weird issue with my A3 8V. About 30-40mins into driving, my stop/start and say Automatic Stop/Start System Fault: Function Not Available, my heater fan speed gets reduced and doesn't work at full fan speed and the engine revs at 1100rpm when idle. I've only started to experience these faults when the car was sat for 6 days and it popped up with a message saying Low Battery: Battery will charge during drive but since then I've covered 400 miles which has been motorway mileage. It's got a 12v cigarette lighter splitter which has a dashcam and footwell lights connected, I don't know if that could be causing an issue but any help or advice would be appreciated.