Anybody know how to register the battery?

wow, 2 mins of reading this thread and i've learnt so much.. :S

Originally Posted by panthrax

wow, 2 mins of reading this thread and i've learnt so much.. :S

You must be the new guy.
I am BMW_tech, how do you do?

What's the regular service life of a battery? If I bring this SIB to my dealer on my 5 year old battery will they say sorry, this doesn't appy?

Jer

I dont think it would apply to a 5 yr old battery, possibly 4 as that is the warranty period

wow...that's crazy. so much design effort into the battery.

Originally Posted by Jerry 745Li

What's the regular service life of a battery? If I bring this SIB to my dealer on my 5 year old battery will they say sorry, this doesn't appy?
Jer

Jerry, you shouldn't warm up the car with the garage door closed sir. It's kind of hard to miss an outstanding recall when the first thing we do at the dealership is to plug your key in the key reader while we run the vehicle history which outlines warranty coverage/open recall/and the list goes on....BUT if you have gathered all the facts, and your vehicle meets all the criteria outlined on the notification......You're right and it's your right. As long as you don't have a dead battery, If I was the service manager it would only take me 1 phone call to make you satisfied.

Originally Posted by csmooth79

I dont think it would apply to a 5 yr old battery, possibly 4 as that is the warranty period

Imagine taking home your new born baby from the hospital. And 5 years later, you find out that it's not your baby......... What size clown suit sir? Would that be rental or purchase? Cash or charge? Paper or Plastic? Darn. So many questions.

Originally Posted by ChrisTO

wow...that's crazy. so much design effort into the battery.

You only display this kind of reaction if :
1) You find an AGM battery in a Honda Civic
2) If you think Optima is a better option
3) If you don't see the "big picture" as to why it's neccessary

No disrespect sir, I don't think you described your astonishment well. Perhaps you're still in awe that you forgot the sophistication of the seven series electronics. While most techs run away from these cars, I find myself staring at it like a deer......I run towards it knowing I'll be on it for as long as it takes. It only hurts when I have to open my wallet. It feels good knowing you've corrected the issue and learned from it......another fact, you've had another satisfied customer

nice!!

Originally Posted by BMW_tech

Jerry, you shouldn't warm up the car with the garage door closed sir. It's kind of hard to miss an outstanding recall when the first thing we do at the dealership is to plug your key in the key reader while we run the vehicle history which outlines warranty coverage/open recall/and the list goes on....BUT if you have gathered all the facts, and your vehicle meets all the criteria outlined on the notification......You're right and it's your right. As long as you don't have a dead battery, If I was the service manager it would only take me 1 phone call to make you satisfied.



Imagine taking home your new born baby from the hospital. And 5 years later, you find out that it's not your baby......... What size clown suit sir? Would that be rental or purchase? Cash or charge? Paper or Plastic? Darn. So many questions.



You only display this kind of reaction if :
1) You find an AGM battery in a Honda Civic
2) If you think Optima is a better option
3) If you don't see the "big picture" as to why it's neccessary

No disrespect sir, I don't think you described your astonishment well. Perhaps you're still in awe that you forgot the sophistication of the seven series electronics. While most techs run away from these cars, I find myself staring at it like a deer......I run towards it knowing I'll be on it for as long as it takes. It only hurts when I have to open my wallet. It feels good knowing you've corrected the issue and learned from it......another fact, you've had another satisfied customer

well I guess I stand corrected, you can't just drop another battery of the same form factor and amperage in a new 7. That alone wipes the car off my list of possible future vehicles. What if you are 700 miles from the nearest GT1? No thanks. Horrible design.

What kind of BS car makes you program it for a new battery? Sounds like a nice way to line a dealership's pockets if you ask me.

don't worry those cars are not that scarry as they seem

Took mine to an INDY and he did it for a third of the stealership quoted price! NOW ALL GOOD!!!

Threads kinda old lol. No need to bring it back for that lol. Most of us register our own now. Takes like 20 seconds

LOL. WOW! Is this a new record? A THREE year old thread resurrected?? Awesome!

Originally Posted by MakaveliFaison

Threads kinda old lol. No need to bring it back for that lol. Most of us register our own now. Takes like 20 seconds

How do you register yours within 20 seconds? Do you have the INPA program somewhere?

Yea. Inpa does it real quick

Originally Posted by MakaveliFaison

Yea. Inpa does it real quick

What is INPA?

I am the same as MakaveliFaison, I register my own battery in about 20 seconds flat.....not to mention all the other coding I do to my car.. hehehe Ace

Originally Posted by AceFX

I am the same as MakaveliFaison, I register my own battery in about 20 seconds flat.....not to mention all the other coding I do to my car.. hehehe Ace

good info, need to look into how to do all this myself as well.

its costs $50 or something to do at the dealer, just get it done right..geez, your driving a $90,000 MSRP car!!!!