Dead battery in the E46 M3 - Page 2

TD · 05-20-2011, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wdc330i

I have had bad experiences with VOB service cost shenanigans. I replaced my battery prior to having it sit for the winter. My experience with the e46 batteries is they last 4 years, period. Also, I had a parisitic drain from the clutch that was repaired, and wanted a fresh start on a new battery. Especially since the top puts a bit of an extra drain on it--if you put it up and down without the motor running.

I'm not sure what's going on, but the E39 still has the original battery and it's going on 12 years.

That's been my rule of thumb too - ~4 years for an OE BMW battery. I had been joking with my wife that we're on death watch for both batteries.

wdc330i · 05-20-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TD

I'm not sure what's going on, but the E39 still has the original battery and it's going on 12 years.

That's been my rule of thumb too - ~4 years for an OE BMW battery. I had been joking with my wife that we're on death watch for both batteries.

12 years is incredible! Battery charge last October from Tischer was $152.15 with CCA discount.

FC · 05-20-2011, 03:59 PM

I've never bought a car battery in my life.

kognito · 05-20-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by FC

I've never bought a car battery in my life.

maybe if you kept a car for longer than 18 months . . . . .

Terri Kennedy · 05-20-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TD

So what's the latest recommended non-OE battery?

Here, from the time before the time before the last time.

SARAFIL · 05-20-2011, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FC

I've never bought a car battery in my life.

I have never purchased a car battery in my life, and I have not purchased tires in at least 5-6 years.

GimpyMcFarlan · 01-21-2012, 02:55 PM

Performed a pre-emptive battery replacement on my 2007 X3. It had started cranking significantly slower than I was comfortable with and I could no longer see the dot in the battery charge indicator. Based on the feedback here I stopped buy the local Interstate Battery shop and picked up a Mega-Tron Plus (MTP-48/H6) with 770 CCA and 85 month warranty. Cost $144 plus tax.

FC · 01-21-2012, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kognito

maybe if you kept a car for longer than 18 months . . . . .

I knwo you mean the 987S but my other cars...

190E: 5 years and 70Kmiles (new battery when purchased at 10 yo and 110K miles)

330i: 6 years and 60K miles

9-2X: 2 years and 25K miles

V70R: 4 years and 32K miles

JGC: 2.5 years 20K miles and counting (battery of unknown life on a 10yo car with 138K miles)

MCS: 1 years 8K miles and counting (battery is original at 4+ years and 26K miles)

equ · 01-21-2012, 04:27 PM

4+ years on my b5 a4, 5+ years on the cayman, and it wasn't necessary. I think I only bought a battery for my first car, the one that absolutely takes the POS cake, 1986 mercury marquis.

bren · 01-21-2012, 04:47 PM

Just had to replace both of the batteries in the truck - having to do (2) giant truck batteries at once is a little bit of a shocker to the wallet.

01-21-2012, 02:55 PM	#17
GimpyMcFarlan Confused Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: 2013 X3 Gray/Mojave Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,019	Performed a pre-emptive battery replacement on my 2007 X3. It had started cranking significantly slower than I was comfortable with and I could no longer see the dot in the battery charge indicator. Based on the feedback here I stopped buy the local Interstate Battery shop and picked up a Mega-Tron Plus (MTP-48/H6) with 770 CCA and 85 month warranty. Cost $144 plus tax. __________________ Gimpy McFarlan 2013 X3 28i: Space Gray / Mojave & Black - Premium Package - Cold Weather Package - Dynamic Handling Package - M Sport Package - Convenience Package - 3M Paint Protection

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