X5 Wont Start!! Clicks, wont jump

[rdeyoung]

Hey guys,

My X5 is not starting up - Everything was ok earlier today but when I left to go home from work it would not start. Not even crank. The lights and everything would turn on and then you could hear clicking and the lights would flicker. It was a rapid clicking noise. I thought maybe the battery was dead because I could see everything getting weaker as far as the lights and clicking. So I had someone try to jump me and while the lights came back to full strength it would still click and not even attempt to turn over.



The battery however - if it were fine before - is now dead because I can barely get the doors to unlock with the remote and all the interior lights are very dim.

Is this just a case of a very much dead battery or is it something worse?? I can tell you - I hope it is just a battery problem because my car is 3 floors in the earth and a tow truck cannot get to it. Had to take a taxi to get home.

Thanks in advance!