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Originally Posted by JPSlick
I mean a battery is a battery is it not?
12 volt battery, similar cold cranking amps?
I still dont get how this happened?
Like physically what happens when you dont get a OEM BMW battery and have it "coded".
Excuse my ignorance but I think all of us still have this question.
Just trying to figure out what the registering/coding does.
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It happens because BMW designs their cars so that you MUST go back to a dealership for just about everything. This is a huge boon to their bottom line when you include all the service that they ring up for even under warranty repairs that we don't pay for. If not you go to an indy shop that is a little less of a rip off.
Even minor things like changing a battery make you think twice. I can't believe I even went to a dealership to put air in my tires after I got a low tire alert for fear of doing something "wrong" myself and voiding some clause in a warranty.
BMW, sadly, sends a clear message that their target market should be people for whom money is no object.
Its a disgrace.