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You might want to check your battery for this.
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09-01-2005, 05:30 PM | #1 |
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You might want to check your battery for this.
My wife's 325i wouldn't start one day, that morning it was giving a battery warning indicator. Anyway, I drove over to give her a jump, when I opened the battery compartment cover, the electronics connected to the positive terminal were severely melted / cracked. Car had 6000 miles on it. Dealer fixed it with an updated part, supposedly the first few (hundred?) cars that came off the line had this problem.
Lesson: Even the battery compartment cover was partially melted. You all may want to visually inspect your battery for early signs of trouble before you get stranded / burned alive, especially if you purchased your car early after release. Rob |
09-01-2005, 05:32 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for the info...
i'll check my car...
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I still cannot find the battery...
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Where are the points to jump start the car?
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09-02-2005, 01:28 PM | #7 | |
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Read your manual carefually since you can easily damage the electronics with jump starting |
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I have never seen or heard of a E46 that doesnt have its battery in the trunk, no matter if its 4 or 6 cylinder |
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Battery in front - picture
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Thanks KillDork
Im guessing your car is Left hand drive, with our cars the brake masterpump sits there and of course the other side has the ECU, so no space for the battery up front in RHD versions |
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09-04-2005, 10:20 AM | #18 |
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It's left hand drive yes.
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The 3 series compact has its ass chopped off, there is no battery compartment left back there to put it in. |
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They would much rather have it in the rear if there was actually space for it, but since there is not they have to put it in the front. Unless we are not talking about a compact. |
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