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02-20-2010, 12:48 AM
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Orange light on gearshift & battery drain issues...
I saw this thread regarding battery drain and if your X is going into sleep mode.
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ery-drain.html One of the posters says one way to tell if your X is going into sleep mode is by the orange light on the gearshift. They say it should turn off and stay off approximately 15 minutes after you turn of the engine. For reference, it would be the orange light next to the "P" for park if your X is parked and turned off. Can anyone tell me if their light goes off after 15 minutes or so and stays off or if their light is on 45+ minutes after they have parked the car? Mine seems to stay on (locked or unlocked). As far as I know, I have not experienced any battery drain issues. I just replaced my battery, but it was at least 3 years old at minimum. Just trying to see if this holds any water.
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02-20-2010, 01:10 AM
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FSETH, I have a 2002 and the orange LED is always on. Your car enters proper sleep mode when there is less than 50mA draw on the battery after 16 minutes. Here's a thread with the procedure for testing and photos of my multi-meter showing my X5 going into sleep mode with just 27mA draw at rest. Follow the thread down to about the 8th post or so with the multimeter photos.
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ery-drain.html If you're not having battery problems, chances are, your car is entering sleep mode OK with the orange indicator lit as is mine. 
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02-20-2010, 08:38 AM
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12-06-2011, 09:49 AM
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Searched your posts, can't find the thread you said from BMW on the gearshift light. My 2001 X5 is in the shop now and the Tech their hasn't heard this . . . My light is always on, battery drain issue. it went out momentaritly when he connected the radio. Radio will play when the key has been removed? Normal? Roy
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12-06-2011, 11:34 AM
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12-06-2011, 01:16 PM
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Recommend you do not start replacing components like the FSR, but rather do a proper test for parasitic draw. It isn't the shift light, and if it was the FSR you would hear the blower fan running after you turned the key off. The radio is supposed to work without the key (it is timed). It is possibly something that you don't even use, like the telephone module. A parasitic draw test is the only way to find it.
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12-06-2011, 01:19 PM
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12-06-2011, 12:17 PM
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Here it is: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...y-problem.html My shifter light stayed on for four years. Never had a flat battery, even with extended parking (4 + weeks) many times.
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