My 2009 550 Won't Start Again, Grrrrrrrrrr

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08-22-2009, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='985808' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:08 AM

I drive every day but only about 2 miles. (To and from doggy daycare).

But here, they just fully recharged my battery a week ago and it is dead again? No way. Something is wrong.

Oh, and this time, it died immediately after driving hard for several hours during the meet. Does not sound like a neglected battery.

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08-22-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='985810' date='Aug 22 2009, 11:09 PM

Oh, and this time, it died immediately after driving hard for several hours during the meet. Does not sound like a neglected battery.

Now you're answering your own posts?

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08-22-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='985815' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:11 AM

Now you're answering your own posts?

Nope, I was answering yours but only thought of this additional thing after I posted my original answer.

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08-22-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='985808' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:08 AM

I drive every day but only about 2 miles. (To and from doggy daycare).

But here, they just fully recharged my battery a week ago and it is dead again? No way. Something is wrong.

dont mention about you commute only 2 miles everyday.. they will say you dont drive and short distance traveling is causing the battery to not charge fully...

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08-22-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='985817' date='Aug 22 2009, 11:11 PM

Nope, I was answering yours but only thought of this additional thing after I posted my original answer.

Try "Edit."

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08-22-2009, 08:17 PM

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sorry to hear about your car, id be pissed also if this happens to me imagine paying big bucks and it will just give you headaches, but hope soon the battery will be replaced and hopefully thats the only thing thats causing it

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08-22-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='985818' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:12 AM

dont mention about you commute only 2 miles everyday.. they will say you dont drive and short distance traveling is causing the battery to not charge fully...

Yes. That's the plan. The 2 miles is not the cause as they allegedly fully recharged my battery a week ago and because it died again after driving the car for a few hours at the meet.

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08-22-2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='985818' date='Aug 22 2009, 11:12 PM

dont mention about you commute only 2 miles everyday.. they will say you dont drive and short distance traveling is causing the battery to not charge fully...

I've been through this. You won't tell them what your "driving profile" is, they'll tell you. They showed me a printout with the time, date, and distance of every trip I had made over the previous 30 days. I was told, "If you do not drive at least 30 minutes, three times per week, at 'highway speeds,' then you have an 'unfavorable driving profile.'" I looked at my SA, and said, "Bob, give me a freakin' break." He talked to the SM and they replaced it under goodwill with the caveat that it would be the only time. I ordered a BMW (same as Deltran) trickle charger the next day from Garry in Newport and have used it during every trip I take, even if it's only 3-4 days. That was April 2008.

Also, it doesn't matter that you drove the car just prior to it failing to start. Once a cell begins to fail, it will not take a charge fully. It may work intermittently. It's a crap shoot as to when it finally will not turn over.

You can fight it all you want, or you can just buy a damn smart charger and have a normal blood pressure reading.

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08-22-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='985848' date='Aug 23 2009, 12:32 AM

I've been through this. You won't tell them what your "driving profile" is, they'll tell you. They showed me a printout with the time, date, and distance of every trip I had made over the previous 30 days. I was told, "If you do not drive at least 30 minutes, three times per week, at 'highway speeds,' then you have an 'unfavorable driving profile.'" I looked at my SA, and said, "Bob, give me a freakin' break." He talked to the SM and they replaced it under goodwill with the caveat that it would be the only time. I ordered a BMW (same as Deltran) trickle charger the next day from Garry in Newport and have used it during every trip I take, even if it's only 3-4 days. That was April 2008.

Also, it doesn't matter than you drove the car just prior to it failing to start. Once a cell begins to fail, it will not take a charge fully. It may work intermittently. It's a crap shoot as to when it finally will not turn over.

You can fight it all you want, or you can just buy a damn smart charger and have a normal blood pressure reading.

Thanks for the tips Calvin.

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