Battery draining

jrich4411 · 07-12-2013, 10:16 AM

I've got a problem with the '06 ///mr. The battery is being drained within hours. Litterally within 3 hours there is not enough voltage to start the car. The battery is new. I have narrowed it down to fuse 13, which if I read it correctly is the ABS/airbags fuse.
Has anyone else ever experienced this or a similar issue? Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated
Jon

THE JEDI · 07-12-2013, 10:30 AM

Yeah my 04 is doing the same thing, are you getting a thump thump nosie when you go to start..if so you have a draw so place it's a relay mine will be going to the shop on the 19th..get it looked at quick

jrich4411 · 07-21-2013, 09:53 AM

Follow up: After more than a week spent between 2 different shops the only thing that was found was that the light in the box between the seats was intermittently not shutting off. The bulb was pulled and so far (4 days) I have not come out to a dead battery.

Finnegan · 07-21-2013, 01:04 PM

Thanks for the update. That light must draw a decent amount to kill the battery!

The switch is turned off by a small plastic bit that must have broken off. That's happened to a few folks. The bulb isn't really that useful IMO so pulling it is an easy and cheap fix (once the cause is tracked down, which is the tricky thing).

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jrich4411 Private First Class 5 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 2006 ///M black on black Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Battery draining I've got a problem with the '06 ///mr. The battery is being drained within hours. Litterally within 3 hours there is not enough voltage to start the car. The battery is new. I have narrowed it down to fuse 13, which if I read it correctly is the ABS/airbags fuse. Has anyone else ever experienced this or a similar issue? Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated Jon
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THE JEDI Major 123 Rep 1,461 Posts Drives: 2005 Z4 2.5i Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: JAPAN, Okinawa iTrader: (0)	Yeah my 04 is doing the same thing, are you getting a thump thump nosie when you go to start..if so you have a draw so place it's a relay mine will be going to the shop on the 19th..get it looked at quick
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jrich4411 Private First Class 5 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 2006 ///M black on black Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Follow up: After more than a week spent between 2 different shops the only thing that was found was that the light in the box between the seats was intermittently not shutting off. The bulb was pulled and so far (4 days) I have not come out to a dead battery.
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Finnegan Dog Listener 703 Rep 7,850 Posts Drives: Z4M/. Z3M, E36/46 M3 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Teaching the dog to slalom iTrader: (22)	Thanks for the update. That light must draw a decent amount to kill the battery! The switch is turned off by a small plastic bit that must have broken off. That's happened to a few folks. The bulb isn't really that useful IMO so pulling it is an easy and cheap fix (once the cause is tracked down, which is the tricky thing).
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