Only Been 2 Weeks & The Cars In Service
02-21-2011, 02:09 PM
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Had an issue less than a week after I bought mine with the BST cable being fried and killed the battery. Wasn't covered under warranty so I had to cough up $700 for it after having the car less than 7 days.
02-21-2011, 02:36 PM
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lol
02-21-2011, 08:55 PM
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I had the same problem with my clock resetting when I got my car a few months ago. It has happened 3 times since. I took my in car in today and they replaced the battery for me under warranty.
02-22-2011, 07:54 AM
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My Ride: 04' E46 325i Sold
05' E60 53oi Sold (tranny issues)
08' E92 328i coupe 6spd MT (Current ride)
this happened to me too after 1 week after i got my car.. it was weired that the battery was dead because the day i got my car (2months ago ) i asked to see the service record and noticed that the battery was changed not to long ago about 4 months prior of me buying it.. but yeah had my car towed and everything.. it was even at the shop for about almost 2 weeks! .. lucky for me my car still was covered under CPO until march (which is in a couple of days 
)but the battery was replaced under CPO and haven't had any problems since.. ( well at least battery issues, the car is currently at the shop for active steering problems [another long story lol])
but yeah
BMW under warranty and or CPO= Ultimate Driving Machine
Not under any warranty = Break My Wallet!!
)but the battery was replaced under CPO and haven't had any problems since.. ( well at least battery issues, the car is currently at the shop for active steering problems [another long story lol]) but yeah
BMW under warranty and or CPO= Ultimate Driving Machine
Not under any warranty = Break My Wallet!!
02-22-2011, 08:40 AM
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My Ride: 2008 500i
^ Yeah which is the reason why i searched for an CPO 550i, and I will certainly sell it before the CPO gives out. Just waiting for my local dealer to call me and give me the break down on this, I spoke with the dealer which i purchased my car from 2 weeks ago, they will reimburse me if they do end up charging me anything. I can say i am extremely satisfied purchasing the car from tenafly bmw for making things right at the end of the day.
02-22-2011, 09:21 AM
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My Ride: 550i
Your stealer may have paperwork (I didn't even have it) which shows car was checked and all that but in reality they not doing anything which costs more than $5 to fix unless it's an apparent/visible problem which can make a car difficult to sell.
And no, a good battery cannot fail in 2 days, it's quite easy to check a battery resource using elementary tests with a proper equipment which every dealer has.
02-22-2011, 02:05 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530i mystic blue
i see showroom cars on chargers. these cars sit for so long sometimes the battereis are just weak. i recently had low battery from messing with my stereo without the car running. drained it dry. gave it a nice slow charge and everything seemed to be kosher