X5 won't start

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by TEMA

Why are you asking me??? its the great minds at bmw engineering that made it that way. but there are whole bunch of info within! have you ever done the cluster check where all the light and meters light up and start moving?

i'm saying it as a generalized statement lol

and no i havent, but i have seen youtube videos of it lol

funny story, after i got my oil changed at the stealership (they were running an $80 special), they didnt reset the service interval lights, so one of the techs came out and did it. during the process he changed my temp display to celsius. I finally got fed up watching him fuck with every button on my car to try and change it back to farenheit, and found the answer on my phone by going to this site..

what idiots

[TEMA]

Originally Posted by Naz24

i'm saying it as a generalized statement lol

and no i havent, but i have seen youtube videos of it lol

funny story, after i got my oil changed at the stealership (they were running an $80 special), they didnt reset the service interval lights, so one of the techs came out and did it. during the process he changed my temp display to celsius. I finally got fed up watching him fuck with every button on my car to try and change it back to farenheit, and found the answer on my phone by going to this site..

what idiots

one of my pleasant experiences with the dealership: when buying my current x5 i called the dealer to get the maintenance records of the car because carfax didn't have anything except 1 owner and 1 oil change. so through various transfers from one person to the next i finally got my answer " I can't pull the tech off job to check that for you!" i say well cant you check that? he goes "NOPE" and then i was left speechless and said fuck you in my mind and hung up! remember it like it was yesterday never seen a dealer since

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by TEMA

one of my pleasant experiences with the dealership: when buying my current x5 i called the dealer to get the maintenance records of the car because carfax didn't have anything except 1 owner and 1 oil change. so through various transfers from one person to the next i finally got my answer " I can't pull the tech off job to check that for you!" i say well cant you check that? he goes "NOPE" and then i was left speechless and said fuck you in my mind and hung up! remember it like it was yesterday never seen a dealer since

hahahah typical

btw with the test screen on the dash, can u set to have your speed show up as a normal display through pressing the BC button? or would i have to go through the test screen everytime i want to use it?

[TEMA]

if its not in bc already i think you would have to go through steps everytime.... actually i remember seeing something titled speed in bc i would have to look once i get to the car.

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by TEMA

if its not in bc already i think you would have to go through steps everytime.... actually i remember seeing something titled speed in bc i would have to look once i get to the car.

the speed button in BC is for average speed. i want to get one that has instantaneous.. thats unfortunate

[zimzimma]

appreciate all the feedback and insight, still trying to find out a recommended battery replacement though... ?...

[JCL]

Originally Posted by zimzimma

appreciate all the feedback and insight, still trying to find out a recommended battery replacement though... ?...

Well, you could go to the dealer, but it would be expensive.

All you need is at least a CCA rating of 720, and an AH rating of 90. It needs to be the right size, and to have the vent on the correct side (since it is mounted under the rear floor). Any auto parts store will have a chart that shows what battery that they carry should fit your year and model. Check the CCA and AH ratings, and the vent location, and you are good to go.

Here is a tutorial for you on changing it:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...apped-out.html

If you want specific brand recommendations, suggest you do a search. A quick search of just the E53 forum for "battery replacement" got me 268 hits.

Jeff

[mikefarrior]

The battery i got at Sam's club was 94R Duracell battery it cost $98 bucks. I have had no problems

[zimzimma]

ok, so I replaced today with a Duralast Platinum H7-AGM and it started up fine, only possible worry is that the battery isn't vented...was told at Autozone that vent is not needed as the battery has gel as opposed to liquid and there will be no spill?!?!?!?!?

[zimzimma]

anybody else have same or similar situation?