E38 Dead

Hi,
I have a 1998 740IL. The car has a new battery which was replaced 2 months ago. the other day the wife moved the car and everything worked fine and today I went out to take car out and the car was completely dead. No power. had battery check and is fine. I charged the battery all day and reinstalled tonight and car is still dead. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Take it to a mechanic.

i would say the same thing if not that.. a repair book is ur friend.. or autozone has repair and faqs on their to help with some problems we have not them all

Could be many different problems. You should have at the least some power coming into the car. Does your lights come on when you open the door?

If no power at all- Open the trunk and pull the fuse box to the right of the tire off. Pull each fuse out and examine them for blown fuse. Then re-seat them.

Originally Posted by nomoexes

Could be many different problems. You should have at the least some power coming into the car. Does your lights come on when you open the door?

im thinking its a fuse or the main breaker.. i know most cars have a main fuse under the hood.. not really sure bout the bmw's im just getting one myself

Its in the back above the battery compartment. You have to remove the service panel.

yes one in the back and one in the front passenger side under hood.

The one in front is left rear of the engine bay, looking from the front on mine, but it is RHD.

All is good! I just didn't have enough juice in the battery. Trickle charged it over night and it fired right up. Thanks for all of the opinions!

Originally Posted by Jswett

All is good! I just didn't have enough juice in the battery. Trickle charged it over night and it fired right up. Thanks for all of the opinions!

cool im glad that work