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Originally Posted by wsmeyer
If you jump started it and then it died while driving it's the alternator, not the battery. Of course draining all the way down can kill a weak battery so you might have two problems now.
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Yeah, I figured this is the case...
I just think it's weird that the alternator died "only" after 7 years. I mean, shouldn't they last longer?
On our E46 320i it lasted for 14 years... and on the Mercedes 32AMG it gave up after 12 years...
Maybe it's not even the whole alternator (generator) that's broken on the X5, but the volt regulator...
I'll have the mechanics to have a look at it.