Auto Zone Battery Installed, Huge Problems!!!
02-22-2012, 01:21 PM
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The symptoms described sound like what happens when canbus network has bad data (just like a bad network card on your computer network at the office). Perhaps the fuse wasn't completely blown, causing a very low voltage/current to a module or 2 and they in turn created bad network packets ???
02-22-2012, 06:45 PM
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This battery registration is BS, BMW had to think up one way or another to squeeze their customer's wallet. Someone, tell me the benefit of this registration and why?
02-23-2012, 07:40 AM
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My Ride: 2008 550 sport with all the fixins, 07 yukon with all the fixins.
Glad you resolved that issue man. Not a good feeling when your ride is acting up. I just returned in town. We should meet up some time. I'm in the 290 cypress area. chk your pm for my number.
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02-23-2012, 08:35 AM
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The car wont immediately self implode if you don't but in the long run you may shorten the battery life or get annoying high discharge warnings. If you have a bog standard low spec car with a lead acid battery then it wont matter so much as the batteries are relatively cheap and with no power hungry accessories it will probably be just fine.
If you are fortunate enough to own a top end vehicle fitted with all the bells and whistles and every electrical power accessory known to man with an expensive AGM battery then quite honestly you would be pretty dump not to register the battery. You will then maximise the life of your very expensive AGM battery and benefit from all the advanced power management features of the car.
If you do have a low spec car and a lead acid battery with few gadgets or decide that battery registration is simply just not your cup of tea (so to speak) then you may as well disconnect the IBS as it will be serving absolutely no purpose. You will then have a car with a standard charging system and your IBS need never trouble you again with high discharge warnings or interfere with the charging process with its incorrect charging profile.
BMW need have nothing to do with your battery registration because its so easy to do and you can save your money so that they can fleece you with something that is far more lucrative.
02-23-2012, 12:12 PM
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02-23-2012, 01:05 PM
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OMG. I have a similar problem with the duralast battery from autozone. My car showed up with two erros (no key in the ignition and restraint seat belt something) following the battery change. I'm so happy you posted this. I hope that it is a fuse problem as well. My car starts but I have to turn the key a few times before it starts.
Since my car doesn't start with the first attempt, Do you guys think that it is due to the battery?
Since my car doesn't start with the first attempt, Do you guys think that it is due to the battery?
02-24-2012, 09:22 AM
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Had similar issues with a new battery for my 535D. After registering it using INPA all of the errors disappeared.
In this case it was a fuse but in other cases it is the registration that gives the errors
In this case it was a fuse but in other cases it is the registration that gives the errors