jeez that is crazy, i had no idea the state of the jumper poles could impact the starting system, i thought they were there either to jump start or do trickle charge the battery, hmm will check mine too later maybe unbolt clean and put back on although they look very clean....very little rain ut here to cause rust

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E53 X5 3.0d SUV prod.date 11/2004 eng.variant M57N Europe Right hand drive N