Battery
 

started the car this morning and a warning appeared " high rate discharge battery" ..

i dont understand sh** ..

Did it stay on?

no .. i restarted the car and it was gone

weak item in the E70. Mine was replaced at 6000 kms.

that blows.

I got the same message that KaiFy got about two weeks ago. It hasn't reappeared since.

my x currently has 13900 kms .. it dodnt appear again so far !!

it is under warranty right ?

Got the same thing here over the weekend. It went away and hasn't seen it since. Mine has 6K miles.

i haven't seen that yet but it seems like a real concern....

it's in the garage during the week... i ride on weekends...and mostly local driving... probably not enough time to properly recharge the battery...

only a matter of time before i experience the same...

has anyone upgraded their battery or had it upgraded by BMW??

seems like the stock battery can't handle all the built-in gizmos...

I get it all the time especially after I leave my radar detector switched on all night . I also notice quite a high voltage drop in the car after startup. But it realy doesnt bother me

whyd u keep the radar detector switched on the whole night?

and how do you view the voltage on the car ?

Emm because I forgot to switch it off...
.... I can get it on the Radar Detector.

Last night it said my battery also had high drainage as well. What a huge recall if everyone on this board has this same problem. Sheesh.

Doubt the populous of X5 world would qual for a recall. Just go to your dealer and tell them about the problem.

Why don't you just tap into a switched 12V supply?

I plan to when I take the car apart again to install the rear laser diffuser..

Has anyone install a rear laser diffuser yet? (I guess that another thread)

whats a rear laser diffuser ?

It is a device used to 'Jam' police Laser speedtrap guns