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Hey all,

Just came across the problem recently in the e46:

When I go to turn on the car, I will turn it through either the 1st or 2nd ignition setting and the car would flash completely off then sometimes it turns right back on and I can start the car but sometimes it will go through the 1st setting and turn completely off like there is no power at all then about 1 minute later I can start it again...

It's quite annoying how it resets all my clock times and my trip meter..

Is it my battery is going dead?

Yongxi

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Check your battery terminals... clock and trip meter are unswitched

Edited by *Glenn*

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Agreed, Battery terminals however the battery maybe end of life.

Its an OEM battery and I replaced it with a second hand one 4 years ago. Cold weather brings out the gremlins in batteries.

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Agreed, Battery terminals however the battery maybe end of life.

Its an OEM battery and I replaced it with a second hand one 4 years ago. Cold weather brings out the gremlins in batteries.

i learnt the hard way with my e34 not to piss around with batteries....cough up for a big bugger equivalent to the original,eg a hella I ended up getting a din 90.....its about twice the size of a normal car battery ,slightly bigger than the 65 mine had in it and worth its weight in gold at the end of a long cold winters day when i had left the parking lights on ALL DAY

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