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Old 12-22-2012, 01:46 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by yray View Post
My X3 battery died in 2 years after driving with heated seats on all the time and sitting in the cold overnight and then doing 10 min journeys for a year. During that time it was pumping out 10.9-11.2volts w/o start. You will notice that it takes a really long time to crank even during hot start, even longer during cold start. Regular battery should be 11.9.

Are your lights dimming during a cold start? There should be plenty of signs of a dying battery before you need to change it.
lights as in the lighting on the speedometer or the headlights? both of them are fine.

No problems with cranking too. The car is a keyless go, would it be diff if I inserted the smart key and actually "turned" it to start up the car? For the push start, there seems to be no problems when starting up.

No other signs of the battery dying also. Its been over 3 years now and I thought batteries were supposed to last only around 3 years...
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