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Old 05-19-2025, 01:39 PM
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So I had the dealer replaced a battery back in 2018. The battery just died recently May 2025. I remember they said they had to pair the battery to the vehicle. I read that with our model, the battery does not need to be paired to the car. Just install and go.

Is it really a thing where you can pair the battery to the X5? Could that be the reason this battery lasted to long?

the battery was a Bosch AGM battery
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Those new techs don't know $4it. I took mine to a dealer once. They had never seen an E53. It was a new dealership at the time.
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Those new techs don't know $4it. I took mine to a dealer once. They had never seen an E53. It was a new dealership at the time.
The days are coming soon, when new mechanics will have never seen dipsticks or manual transmissions, either. A carburetor will seem like something from the Dark Ages, and points ignitions (and tach-dwell meters to use when setting them) will be like the Antikythera mechanism, in their eyes.
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The days are coming soon, when new mechanics will have never seen dipsticks or manual transmissions, either. A carburetor will seem like something from the Dark Ages, and points ignitions (and tach-dwell meters to use when setting them) will be like the Antikythera mechanism, in their eyes.
So... they will be just like me when I'm faced with fixing a wagon wheel...?
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So... they will be just like me when I'm faced with fixing a wagon wheel...?
Depends on wagon wheel, all wood or steel banded...

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Those new techs don't know $4it. I took mine to a dealer once. They had never seen an E53. It was a new dealership at the time.
that is slightly disturbing.
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The days are coming soon, when new mechanics will have never seen dipsticks or manual transmissions, either. A carburetor will seem like something from the Dark Ages, and points ignitions (and tach-dwell meters to use when setting them) will be like the Antikythera mechanism, in their eyes.
It already happened. I took my 83 C10 to a performance tune up shop years ago. Back in the late '90s. I put in a performance crate motor. I asked them to tune the carb. It ran so bad I learned to tune a carb with a vacuum gauge. Runs like a champ down the street. Idle shakes the neighbor's walls. Dang, I may drive it out of the garage and wake up the entire neighbor hood early this week.

Not having a transmission dipstick is driving me nuts. I'll get my first crack at checking the E53 fluid level this week.
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Those new techs don't know $4it. I took mine to a dealer once. They had never seen an E53. It was a new dealership at the time.

Mine had, but when the parts guy went out with me to pair the new key, he had no idea any were ever made with a manual…


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