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Originally Posted by davintosh
My son gave me a scare a couple of days ago... we were on a trip, and he was home, using the X5 (better traction than his e36 in the slushy, snowy, crappy weather we missed!) He drove it home & parked it outside, and the next morning the clutch pedal was hanging mid-stroke, and the engine wouldn't start. When we returned last night though, the clutch was fine, and the battery was too low to turn over the engine; nothing a battery charger couldn't fix. I'm guessing that the clutch was maybe caused by some icy buildup around the slave cylinder that thawed out in the interim. Just thankful that my wife has a working vehicle!
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Well, what do I know? Turned out the battery was shot. After charging all night, it started up fine, and my wife drove off with it this morning. She called for help a couple hours later; wouldn't start. After some testing, I determined the battery was dead, so tracked down a new one from Batteries Plus for ~$150. Shouldn't have to worry about that for a few years.
I had heard of some issues people have had when changing batteries, so was a little nervous about all that. I ended up just hooking up the battery charger to the posts under the hood to maintain power on the system while I swapped out the battery in the back. Smooth as butter.
