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Originally Posted by ard
BMW has published a work instruction for dealers to completely test for these parasitic drains...it involves hooking the car to a current monitor that logs current draws and times. This does NOT fit into the usual "bring the car in, inspect, diagnose, repair, move to the next car" practice most techs like to follow.
My 2 cents
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Originally Posted by 1024X5
I did it with the dealer and it was less than 500$. I went around and around for 10 minutes on why not covered but I wasn't winning.
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Screw that...
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Originally Posted by 1024X5
He said something is waking up too much.
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Right. This is the root cause of most of these "long and impossible to diagnose" battery discharge complaints. Unfortunately, owner are abused, charged for batteries, and waste months even years before they get to this....
GL
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01-22-2012, 03:07 PM
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