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07-25-2014, 01:33 AM | #1 |
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Dead Battery (still have warranty); to bring in or just buy a new one
battery died today so i went out and bought a new one from autozone. car works perfectly fine now.
found out from reading the forums that the car needs to be programed for the new battery? Should i keep the battery? or should i just bring the car in and have it replaced since i still have warranty on the car for another month. Also if i bring it into the dealer would i need to put back in the OEM battery? or can i just leave in the durlast i got from autozone. i ask because the car wont start at all with the OEM battery any more, it's completely dead. |
07-25-2014, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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You could use the warranty to just get the new battery registered. Failure to register doesn't run the new battery; it can just prevent your car from drawing enough current from it. My wife's Mini had a sunroof that wouldn't close all the way when operating on the battery (fine when the engine was on), so I suspected it needed a new battery. The shop I use didn't have the registration tool, but I did. They installed the new battery and the problem persisted, UNTIL I registered the battery, at which point all was well.
And FYI, if you buy an OBD to USB cable for a PC or even an OBD to Bluetooth/WiFi adapter to use with your smartphone, there are apps that will let you register a battery easily, read codes, etc.
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