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Old 01-02-2026, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn View Post
Certain parasitic drains will kill the battery overnight. Have you looked into yet? The ac blower motor FSU is the most common cause but telematic unit is the second most.

When the "hedgehog" fails it will prevent sleep. You can confirm sleep when the light on the gear shifter goes out.


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Interesting - ever since Ive had the truck, the AC hasn't worked - always blows warm air - not sure if that's a freon leak or something else. Something Ive always noticed is that the shifter light never turns off.

I took the X5 up the coast for a weekend (200 miles round trip), this was about 8 days ago. After that trip it sat for 6 days or so; battery level this morning, on the hidden menu, was 11.9V but it started fine.

I tried to connect my charger to the terminals in the front to charge it a little and the charger just says "put clamps on" - its a viking charger.
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