Whats the battery discharge fix?


The only sure fix is to trade it in on a non-BMW.I'm not sure what brand my next vehicle will be, but I'm pretty sure I'm done with BMWs. Nice vehicles, but just not reliable enough. I'm 60 years old, and the only vehicle I've ever had that needed to be towed in all my years of driving was my 2004 Z-4. And I'm getting tired of Battery Discharge messages and wondering if the X-5 will start the next time.I had the X-5 on the CTEK charger Wednesday and it charged-up completely by Wednesday night. Took the charger off, and locked the vehicle Wednesday night. Got in it this morning to drive it and first thing that pops-up is the "Excessive Battery Discharge" message.

As I said, BMWs are nice vehicles, but if I want some "driving" excitement, no car comes close to my motorcycles in any case. So in the future, I think I'll get my thrills on the motorcycles, and buy something reliable for a car and SUV. Unreliable and sparse dealer network (e.g. none at all in Montana) is a bad mix if you use your vehicles for long vacation trips in the West.