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      09-03-2014, 01:22 PM   #23
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Drives: '11 135i M Sport
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Originally Posted by TwinTurboXI View Post
My car did not start a few weeks back and the culprit was a bad battery. I called BMW roadside and they towed it to the dealer. Dealer replaced the battery under warranty at no charge. The strange part of this all was my ECU apparently said the car had only been driven 100 miles in the past 30 days and my SA claimed this wasn't enough to keep the battery charged. I drive my 135 about 1200 miles/month.
THIS is exactly my same situation! I was also told the ECU kept randomly turning on for 5 or 10 mins over the weekend. While it was parked. I explained to them to them I drive close to 500 miles a week in this thing.
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