Fact: 2006 interior lights won't drain battery if left on

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Originally Posted by dwathen

my 05 x5 has gone dead twice after i wash the car and have it in the garage deatailing..i had the radio on for about 20 min..went completly dead, had to call bmw assist for a jump twice. They replaced the batt a few days ago so hopefully it wont happen again...

As long as the vehicle has the key turned to the off position it shouldn't happen, but if you're running the radio off of the battery it will do that every time!!! The vehicle has too many electronics in it to operate without the vehicle being on!!!