Car Won't Start: Drivetrain Error

[Eastwood]

current range of actual voltage output is between 6.6-7.3

yes, tried jumping the car

That’s super dead, dead to the point jump starting won’t work.

For what it’s worth, with the car off the battery voltage should be around 12.6. 11ish range, you can charge it a couple times and be okay but it’ll eventually die out. Around 10, it needs to be replaced

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[Fuji808]

Battery is dead

I owe you a beer next time you're in town.

 

[J29DB03]

If you haven’t already done so, hook it up as though you were going to jump it so it can get some volts to open the trunk. That way you don’t have to crawl back there to pull the release. Just fold a towel and lay it over the latch so you can open/close the lid without it re-latching until you get a new battery.

 

[Fuji808]

after all the attempted starts and the shenanigans of having to get it into neutral just to winch the damn car on and off the flatbed, the battery has died completely...RIP

thanks for the info on the trunk release J29DB03.

 

[Eastwood]

after all the attempted starts and the shenanigans of having to get it into neutral just to push the damn car on and off the flatbed, the battery has died completely...RIP

thanks for the info on the trunk release J29DB03.

AT don't have the emergency shift release thing? It's like a small cover over a slot where you can insert a flat head or key to release the shifter.

 

[Evolution]

AT don't have the emergency shift release thing? It's like a small cover over a slot where you can insert a flat head or key to release the shifter.

They do, just good luck getting to it. Have to access it from under the car.

 

[bushido]

They do, just good luck getting to it. Have to access it from under the car.

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it's not april fools?
huh
there's no way it's that insane

what the

 

[Scoopra]

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it's not april fools?
huh
there's no way it's that insane

what the

That's why our cars don't get stolen constantly like the Mopars do

 

[razorlab]

That's why our cars don't get stolen constantly like the Mopars do

They have the same transmission.

 

[Fuji808]

I replaced the battery.
the car still won't start after 20+ attempts.
sputters then cuts off.

I smell fuel.
puffs of white smoke from exhaust.

electronics working as normal initially.
but after couple start attempts, weird shit happens.

replace starter assembly next??

 

[Eastwood]

I replaced the battery.
the car still won't start after 20+ attempts.
sputters then cuts off.

I smell fuel.
puffs of white smoke from exhaust.

replace starter assembly next??

Did you reprogram the new battery in?

ECU will still think old battery is in.

 

[Fuji808]

yessir...twice to make sure

recent scan still has a lot of codes citing "under voltage detected"

now I see the severe battery discharge message

 

[RenRed2]

yessir...twice to make sure

Dealer or good independent shop time possibly!

 

[Eastwood]

yessir...twice to make sure

recent scan still has a lot of codes citing "under voltage detected"

now I see the severe battery discharge message

Helped a friend use BimmerLink to program the new battery but still had the same problem as you, turned out the new battery was also dead lol.

Maybe check the voltage of the new battery? Is it identical specs as the previous battery?

 

[Scoopra]

They have the same transmission.

But our neutral lockout is under the car. Not under a little panel next to the shifter.

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