new battery today

[macca]

after 8 years the original BMW battery has begun to show signs of old age.

havent had any indications of trouble till this morning, started it up to go to work and the starter turned over a little slower than usual , and then on the dash up came the trans failsafe message.

i let it idle for a minute or two and then turned it off and back on, started fine and no displayed message. went to work all good as usual

called up a mobile battery company and they just changed it out, so now starting it sounds a lot snappier, seems it had been getting a little tired and i hadn't noticed

i wonder if this one will last eight years.

2005 3.0d sport 190,000 km

[sonny007]

Holy moly, I would've had a heart attack if i got the "trans failsafe" message!!!!!  :hypo: :hypo:

Glad it was just the battery!

[X5Sport]

BMW have a special 'scare the driver mode' which randomly throws spurious frightening messages up just when you least expect it...... :'( )

Richard

[macca]

yep dont think i wasn't having moments of fear.

my mind started roaming through the pages of forums .

i hadn't heard any weird noises and all had been going well

so i turned it off and back on and all was good, so sticking my head in the sand i motored off to work.

thankfully 24 hours later all seems good

[X5Sport]

Ahhhh, complacency eh?  The Germans have a sense of humour so it will still be lurking in their ready to go..


SURPRISE!
WARNING TRANS FAILSAFE


snigger, snigger, chortle......got him....

[Steamyrotter]

[quote="X5Sport"]
BMW have a special 'scare the driver mode' [/quote]

LOVE IT

>:D ) >:D

Wish i'd thought of that....