Positive Battery Cable Replacement
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Hello, I currently took my 2005 BMW 545i to my local dealership here in San Antonio, Texas because I wanted it to be checked out since a car rear ended mine (visually only paint damage) and hit my rear bumper. After two days of the car being in the shop, I get a call from the SA saying that my positive battery cable that goes from the back of the car, all the way to the front needs to be replaced (20 hours of labor at $140/hour plus the price of the part~$3,000 USD). Is this a problem that is heard of often or do you guys think it might have something to do with the accident?
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How does that happen? It's a wire, it's flexible. Were you able to start the car after the rear end and even have the lights, radio, etc., working? I have personally disconnected the positive cable from the battery and it's only a 3' or 4' Ft piece and then connects to another wire that I guess goes to the front of the car under the hood. If it's only a minor rear end, how could it affect that cable? Stay away from that dealership and find a trusted independent.
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Hello, I currently took my 2005 BMW 545i to my local dealership here in San Antonio, Texas because I wanted it to be checked out since a car rear ended mine (visually only paint damage) and hit my rear bumper. After two days of the car being in the shop, I get a call from the SA saying that my positive battery cable that goes from the back of the car, all the way to the front needs to be replaced (20 hours of labor at $140/hour plus the price of the part~$3,000 USD). Is this a problem that is heard of often or do you guys think it might have something to do with the accident?
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I was able to drive it perfectly to the dealership with everything working fine. I actually drove the car for about a week and a half without any major problems. They said however that if I don't replace this cable I will start seeing some malfunction warnings every now and then these including lights coming on the dashboard or the screen module going out.
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I was able to drive it perfectly to the dealership with everything working fine. I actually drove the car for about a week and a half without any major problems. They said however that if I don't replace this cable I will start seeing some malfunction warnings every now and then these including lights coming on the dashboard or the screen module going out.
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Holy crap...Seriously, do what or_550i says and go to the dealership unannounced and get your car! Taking a wild guess but I wouldn't doubt you would be seeing funky dash errors only because they took some fuses out before handing the car over to you! Happened here on another thread. Go to the main E60 Discussion Forum and start a thread asking for reputable independent BMW shops in your area. I've seen a lot of members here that are from Texas. I'm sure you'll get at least 2 or 3 recommendations.
I'm curious...Is the car at the shop for body work only? Is something else wrong with the car aside from that and the alleged bad positive cable?
I'm curious...Is the car at the shop for body work only? Is something else wrong with the car aside from that and the alleged bad positive cable?
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these dealerships are losing there minds lately they told me the same thing once cuz i had the dreaded Pass. Restraint System - Fault in passenger restraint system affecting airbags, belt tensioner, or belt-force limiter. Continue to wear the safety belt error message.
first they told me i have a seatmat sensor issue and wanted to charge me to check it cuz my car wasn't under warrenty despite there is a recall out on them...
then they changed there minds and told me no its my positive explosive terminal which may have been damaged in a car accident or roll over.. my car was never in an accident according to carfax at least.
anyway they didn't quote me all that money to fix it I think they said about 800 buck including labor, which is still ridiculous for a damn battery cable. so finally I went to an indy mechanic who used to work for bmw of Manhattan I don't really know what he did but 50 bucks later the error was gone and never to return.
But if you were rear ended who cares what bmw wants to fix and charge that's what insurance is for unless you gotta really high deductible
first they told me i have a seatmat sensor issue and wanted to charge me to check it cuz my car wasn't under warrenty despite there is a recall out on them...
then they changed there minds and told me no its my positive explosive terminal which may have been damaged in a car accident or roll over.. my car was never in an accident according to carfax at least.
anyway they didn't quote me all that money to fix it I think they said about 800 buck including labor, which is still ridiculous for a damn battery cable. so finally I went to an indy mechanic who used to work for bmw of Manhattan I don't really know what he did but 50 bucks later the error was gone and never to return.
But if you were rear ended who cares what bmw wants to fix and charge that's what insurance is for unless you gotta really high deductible
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these dealerships are losing there minds lately they told me the same thing once cuz i had the dreaded Pass. Restraint System - Fault in passenger restraint system affecting airbags, belt tensioner, or belt-force limiter. Continue to wear the safety belt error message.
first they told me i have a seatmat sensor issue and wanted to charge me to check it cuz my car wasn't under warrenty despite there is a recall out on them...
then they changed there minds and told me no its my positive explosive terminal which may have been damaged in a car accident or roll over.. my car was never in an accident according to carfax at least.
anyway they didn't quote me all that money to fix it I think they said about 800 buck including labor, which is still ridiculous for a damn battery cable. so finally I went to an indy mechanic who used to work for bmw of Manhattan I don't really know what he did but 50 bucks later the error was gone and never to return.
But if you were rear ended who cares what bmw wants to fix and charge that's what insurance is for unless you gotta really high deductible
first they told me i have a seatmat sensor issue and wanted to charge me to check it cuz my car wasn't under warrenty despite there is a recall out on them...
then they changed there minds and told me no its my positive explosive terminal which may have been damaged in a car accident or roll over.. my car was never in an accident according to carfax at least.
anyway they didn't quote me all that money to fix it I think they said about 800 buck including labor, which is still ridiculous for a damn battery cable. so finally I went to an indy mechanic who used to work for bmw of Manhattan I don't really know what he did but 50 bucks later the error was gone and never to return.
But if you were rear ended who cares what bmw wants to fix and charge that's what insurance is for unless you gotta really high deductible