Today after I shut off the engine and left the radio on while waiting for my wife to pick something up in the store, the idrive shut itself off after only 2-3 minutes. Usually it's closer to 15-20 mins. The car is 5 years old now and I knew the battery is on its last legs. I hit start/stop to turn the radio on again and immediately it shut idrive off. Then a minute later the dash showed a battery icon. This is actually good, I know for certain what the issue is. I was afraid I would have random errors and I'd have to guess when my battery is going, but this is good, though I've never seen someone here ever say the battery icon shows up on the dash like that.
Anyway, I started the car up just fine, and had to get gas (shut off and back on again just fine). So it appears this is a nice early-warning for me.
I gotta risk driving to Brooklyn tonight with it, but at least the highway miles will give it a nice charge for a change.
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Originally Posted by Zoich
2. What if I don't register? I still don't get it about registering... Register meaning to tell my car there is a brand new battery? So charge at a different rate as oppose to an older battery? I would go buy that tool32 and some kind of OBD tool - but really? It was 200 bucks after 5 years plus with the original one, should I really care? Am I looking at potentially costing more than 200 dollars for another battery replacement or you think my car will have some expensive electronic issues if I don't register the darn thing?? Thanks guys.
When did cars get so complicated?
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^ Yes. I just read up on another forum with the same question about registering and it has to do with rate of charge, and people were contemplating not doing it because their new battery is cheap enough anyway). But I'd suggest you find an independent shop
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03-10-2013, 04:23 PM
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