Battery registration

brinkmann · 06-17-2012, 04:09 PM

Came home from a week long vacation today to a dead battery

. I'd like to replace it myself, but I don't have the tool required to register the new battery to my car.

A few questions:
1) Will I be able to drive the car after replacing the battery without registering it? (I'm assuming it just throws a code/light on the dash)

2) Does anyone have the tool required to register a new battery, and if so, would you be willing to help me register the replacement battery?

Thanks in advance

obert · 06-17-2012, 04:23 PM

I think you can drive it but it will not charge the right way untill you get it coded to the car.

brinkmann · 06-18-2012, 10:29 AM

Fantastic...
Does anyone around NoVA have one of these tools?

06-17-2012, 04:09 PM	#1
brinkmann Major 317 Rep 1,364 Posts Drives: 2023 M4 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Virginia iTrader: (18)	Battery registration Came home from a week long vacation today to a dead battery . I'd like to replace it myself, but I don't have the tool required to register the new battery to my car. A few questions: 1) Will I be able to drive the car after replacing the battery without registering it? (I'm assuming it just throws a code/light on the dash) 2) Does anyone have the tool required to register a new battery, and if so, would you be willing to help me register the replacement battery? Thanks in advance __________________
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obert Brigadier General 1781 Rep 4,456 Posts Drives: 2013 328i Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Seattle Wa iTrader: (49)	I think you can drive it but it will not charge the right way untill you get it coded to the car.
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06-18-2012, 10:29 AM	#3
brinkmann Major 317 Rep 1,364 Posts Drives: 2023 M4 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Virginia iTrader: (18)	Fantastic... Does anyone around NoVA have one of these tools? __________________
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