Car Batteries

Your car battery is a vital component in your vehicle, it helps provide a variety of features in your car, such as your air conditioning, internal and external lights and the radio. It’s also there to get your engine started so you can get from A to B. The average lifespan of car batteries should last around four years, however during the colder months and extreme weather conditions, you can quickly see your battery go flat, or need replacing.

Our stock includes a range of trusted car battery manufacturers such as Varta, Exide & Bosch. We have a large range of standard and AGM car batteries available to ensure you’re never off the road for long - we supply batteries available for popular car manufacturers such as; Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. You can also browse by battery size via our battery part numbers section.

Here at RAC Shop, we make life easier when finding the correct car battery for your vehicle, just fill in your registration and we’ll do the rest for you. If you require any more assistance with car batteries after yours is fitted, you can check out our advice section for more information. Whether you’re looking at how to charge your car battery or checking our car battery guarantee, you can find everything at RAC Shop.

We also provide patrol fitting, where we will attend your location and fit your car battery for you. If you have the incorrect battery for your vehicle then we will provide you with the correct battery and any refund due will be made. Our patrol fitting service is quick, reliable and on hand to help you with anything you need to give you peace of mind.

Our aim is to provide the most comprehensive range of car batteries online in the UK at the most competitive cost and with the most advanced delivery options. Our website was relaunched in May 2017 to further enhance our unique car battery fitting service.

It is now possible to find the correct car battery for your vehicle by entering your reg number, searching for your vehicle make and model or browsing popular part numbers and even Halfords part numbers.

We have made our mobile car battery fitting proposition even better with a bigger range of batteries available to be fitted to your car within an hour at your home, work or even at the roadside.

Both members & non-members are both protected by our "correct fit guarantee". We understand that picking the correct battery for your car can be a daunting task, our guarantee ensures that if you choose the wrong car battery we will let you know in advance of fitting it and help you choose a suitable alternative.

We constantly price match our batteries against the likes of Kwik Fit & Halfords but from time to time you may find a like for like lower price. If this is the case please let us know as we will do our very best to beat  their price.

In addition to car batteries, we have a range of that are custom made car mats to fit your vehicle perfectly. 

RAC Correct Fit Guarantee

Our patrol will attend your location and fit your battery, usually in under half an hour. If on arrival the patrol finds that the incorrect battery for your car has been chosen, the correct battery will be substituted and any refund due will be made. If the correct battery is of a greater cost then the difference can be paid right there to the patrol by credit or debit card.

Even in the unlikely event the patrol does not have the correct car battery with them, they will go and source one and return to fit it, usually very quickly. In the event that spacers or adaptors are required to fit your battery the patrol will supply and fit these as part of the fitting process free of charge. Complete peace of mind from the RAC.