why does the Renault scenic have the battery under the seat inside the car?

Question

iam sure there must be a good reason for this design, but the only thing i can think of is that it keeps the frost off the battery in the winter, if this is the case why not put it under the bonet & fit a lagging jacket (anti frost case) around the battery to keep the frost off,

Answer 1

Because the Scénic's bonnet is quite short and the windscreen quite far forward, a lot of the engine bay is not easily accessible.
Renault have therefore moved something that is relatively easy to locate elsewhere (the battery) to leave the accessible space under the bonnet for other service items (air filter, fuel filter, etc.) that cannot be relocated to outside the engine bay.

Some other manufacturers locate the battery at the rear for other reasons - for example BMW locate it at the rear to aid achieving an even front-to-rear weight distribution.

Answer 2

The battery could desire to come out some way i could wager by skill of removing the seat, besides the undeniable fact that in the process the adventure that your cigarette lighter works while the ignition is switched off do a Google seek for CTEK battery chargers. they at the instant are not low fee this is a "questioning" charger yet you could purchase a cigarette lighter adapter and offering the cigarette lighter works with the ignition off you could trickle cost the battery in the process the cigarette lighter socket. those chargers are suited for automobiles which do a great kind of short runs, or motorhomes and so on. stable success

Answer 3

Maybe they forgot the room for a battery when designing the car, and putting it under the seat was the best option.

Answer 4

Makes more space under the bonnet, the Citroen Picasso is the same.

Answer 5

look under the hood...no room

Answer 6

I dunno but i do know that the fiat punto has the same.