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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Sam the BMW man' post='671616' date='Sep 17 2008, 03:54 PM
When that happened to you did it happen all at once or did you notice it happening slowly? To be clear when you started the car did it stagger a bit before it ended up dying all the way?
All oem never replaced anything on it because I was afraid of electrical problems. I really want a car starter but dont even trust anyplace to install it
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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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So I take it to the dealer and suprisingly they say the I drive is an estimate of when scheduled maintanence should be done. In the past I was told different there but anyway they were very nice and changed my oil, brake fluid, and microfilter. The main problem is a different story. They needed the car to go into sleep mode then hook up the computer to it and they got 3 error codes. One for the battery, alternator, and headlight. Even though nothing visibly wrong with the headlight a part is being ordered and on Monday morning they will be finding out the specific problem why the car wont start. All in all its been a pretty good experience at the dealer. Kind of like flipping a coin
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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So it ended up being a bad battery which gave the car a fault code for the battery and alternator. They are replacing the battery under warranty. They performed some of the services on the I drive like an oil change, brake fluid change, replace microfilter and rear brakes but say the front brakes arent ready yet.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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did you maybe leave the key in the ignition (car off)??

when i fist got my car i did that and it drained my battery completly

NM looks like u got it fixed
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='675307' date='Sep 22 2008, 11:44 AM
did you maybe leave the key in the ignition (car off)??

when i fist got my car i did that and it drained my battery completly

Nope they said it was tested and a bad cell in the battery.
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