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Old 03-09-2007, 03:13 AM
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Smile Help! shifter lights draining my battery

Hello,

Was wondering if someone of you guys have this issue.

I have noticed that the shifter light stay's on that illuminate the (P R N D 1 2 3). So I unplug the connector and plug it back in and still stay's on.
I check the fuse box and could not find any blown fuse at all.
Is there a some sort of a relay or fuse somewhere else?

Appreciate any feed back

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Old 03-09-2007, 03:16 AM
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there haven't really been any conclusions...but take a look at this thread

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...-your-car.html

1 2 3? are you thinking of another car?
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Old 03-09-2007, 06:46 AM
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It's not your shifter light that's draining your battery - the X5 is an electrical hog - you really want to get into the habit of turning everything off before turning off the ignition - another thing to check for is if you have the auxiliary venting coming on - also, in early models, the a/c final stage resistor keeps feeding juice to the a/c fan even when the ignition is off - the thing is, the X5 is really never completely "off", which makes it manditory to use the BMW charger if you are not using the X5 for more than a week

IMHO, it also sucks that there is no voltage gauge, (or oil pressure)
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Old 03-09-2007, 06:54 AM
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It's not your shifter light that's draining your battery - the X5 is an electrical hog - you really want to get into the habit of turning everything off before turning off the ignition - another thing to check for is if you have the auxiliary venting coming on - also, in early models, the a/c final stage resistor keeps feeding juice to the a/c fan even when the ignition is off - the thing is, the X5 is really never completely "off", which makes it manditory to use the BMW charger if you are not using the X5 for more than a week

IMHO, it also sucks that there is no voltage gauge, (or oil pressure)
Volt gauge would be VERY nice.
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The led light on the shifter will not drain your battery, it doesn't take too much juice to light it, if your battery is old it might be time for a new one, no biggie, get yourself one from Autozone or some other place other than the dealer, it will be much cheaper for you.
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It's not your shifter light that's draining your battery - the X5 is an electrical hog - you really want to get into the habit of turning everything off before turning off the ignition - another thing to check for is if you have the auxiliary venting coming on - also, in early models, the a/c final stage resistor keeps feeding juice to the a/c fan even when the ignition is off - the thing is, the X5 is really never completely "off", which makes it manditory to use the BMW charger if you are not using the X5 for more than a week

IMHO, it also sucks that there is no voltage gauge, (or oil pressure)
What puzzle me is the light stay's on that's why the first thing in my mind was that. It's a year old battery (thank god it's warrantied for 72 months) I noticed in the past that after I got out of it and alarm it, within less than 10 seconds it turns off. I had the final resistor replace by the stealer about a year ago. I guess i'll plug the connector back and see what happens.

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there haven't really been any conclusions...but take a look at this thread

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...-your-car.html

1 2 3? are you thinking of another car?
That's a good thread to start with. Yes i'm thinking of another but I'm keeping this X. I have my eyes on that Dodge Challenger by next year.
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Volt gauge would be VERY nice.
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The led light on the shifter will not drain your battery, it doesn't take too much juice to light it, if your battery is old it might be time for a new one, no biggie, get yourself one from Autozone or some other place other than the dealer, it will be much cheaper for you.
Hal,

It's a year old battery from Autozone. I brought it in and still have green light and all. I will bring it back there and they can run a diagnostic for free to determine where or what causing the drain.

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Hello,

Was wondering if someone of you guys have this issue.

I have noticed that the shifter light stay's on that illuminate the (P R N D 1 2 3). So I unplug the connector and plug it back in and still stay's on.
I check the fuse box and could not find any blown fuse at all.
Is there a some sort of a relay or fuse somewhere else?

Appreciate any feed back

Bing
Bing, Check out the thread in attached link below. I had the same problem/question and the bottomline, my 2002 X5 shifter led light stays lit all the time with no problem. My two 2007 Bimmers shifter led's go out after 16 minutes. The led isn't draining your battery, some other parasitic draw is doing it. You wouldn't happen to be charging your cell phone via the cigarette lighter every night would you? Check out attached link/thread, your battery draw during "sleep" should not exceed 50mA max.

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...y-drain-2.html

It's very easy to test your draw at "sleep", but you'll need a good multimeter and a couple of hours of spare time. It's well worth it - my battery is now two months old and the draw during "sleep" is only 27mA - starts fine every time!
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