What's drawing current and shouldn't be (during sleep)?
Since I bought my '06 325xi a month ago, the starter cranks slowly, I assumed due to a weak battery. After it needed help starting today, I took it to my favorite BMW shop.
They determined the battery is marginal. Plus, when everything is shut off (sleep), the current draw is almost 2X what they normally see (it's about .08 amp and normal is .05).
He agreed for that delta, it's probably not worth the (unknown) cost of diagnosis.
So, I said I'd post it on the forum to see if any of you have seen this before and know what it could be. As far as I can tell, the car is bone stock with the Premium and Cold Weather packages, and the only other 'problem' is the driver seat lumbar adjuster is dead. (I failed to mention that; maybe it has a short? All I know about electricity is just enough to be dangerous.)
Any ideas?
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'14 535i 6-speed, '06 325xi 6-speed & '00 323Ci 5-speed
Last edited by RichR; 12-16-2016 at 10:04 PM..
Reason: corrected the amp data
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