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Old 01-27-2024, 09:23 AM
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Default Battery drain E60 530d







I have had a lot of problems with my car and this next one is the battery draining overnight, I changed the alternator and the ibs module but it still continues also most of the times I get an error code 4661 supply voltage, here in my region we don't have many professionals and they can't solve it. Please help me!

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You could have a parasitic drain somewhere. See, Is My Battery Bad? - 5Series.net - Forums.
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I have checked almost everything and I wanted to know if the glow control unit can cause this battery discharge because some time ago I had a loss of coolant and the tube that had the problem was exactly above the glow control unit and a large amount of coolant fell on it
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Lots of things can cause a parasitic drain. You will need to isolate the root cause.
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Any module can produce a drain. You need to perform a parasitic drain test to isolate what is draining the battery if there is indeed a drain.
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solved! the battery drain i think was coming from the lcm module above the brake pedal after i checked for anything suspicious there i saw a large amount of water had fallen on the lcm module which i don't know how it got there
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That would do it. Now you need to find the leak and plug it and get a new module then program and code it.

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Originally Posted by Albie60
solved! the battery drain i think was coming from the lcm module above the brake pedal after i checked for anything suspicious there i saw a large amount of water had fallen on the lcm module which i don't know how it got there
Does your vehicle now go to sleep?
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Does your vehicle now go to sleep?
the vehicle went to sleep but the lights on the door buttons did not turn off
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Originally Posted by seanjordan20
That would do it. Now you need to find the leak and plug it and get a new module then program and code it.
I understand, I think the water got in through the door rubbers, they close properly and smoothly, but when I moved them by hand, they didn't have adhesive, maybe the water got in from there
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