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      04-04-2013, 03:12 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by fun2drive View Post
For the 2011 I would let BMW do this and expect a report back that you are abusing the charging system by short use (it is actually in the manual about the battery insufficient charging with short trips). I would argue with your SA that they should replace the battery. You will get this done once but after that it is your issue.
After reading this I went back to my car's manual to re-read the thing because I never saw anything in the manual about insufficient battery charging with short trips.

I then did a PDF search of the manual to find anything related using five different search terms (battery, distance, driving, charge & short) and still came up with nothing.

Do you by chance have a page number or section for this in the manual? I think it might be relevant when I discuss this with the General Manager and/or BMW USA. Thx
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