The battery died
 

Yesterday it got cold and the X5 would not start. Turns out the battery is dead or almost on it's way. RIP.

I got almost 5 and half years out of it. Not bad. It was still the original BMW battery. Bought a new one from BMW for $140

WOW, no warning, slow cranking prior to this ??

Must say though not a bad life for a battery, if you are using it every day in varying weather conditions.

It did crank real slow and then died yesterday. I was hoping to get another year out of it. Is this some kind of a record or what? :)

I am still on my original battery, but my car is a 02/01 production.

My 1999 E30 325i had the original battery for about 5.5 years before I had to swap it as well!

Did you loose all the set up when the battery died?

Considering that the battery is in the trunk i'm guessing that the weather didnt play much of a role!

Lost some of the OBDC settings, clock, date but EQ settings were retained and so were the climate control settings.

ha.. you just jinxed yourself buddy! BTW.. will be down in PS this weekend.. you gonna be around?