snocohn118
12-14-2013, 02:25 PM
Hey guys,
A few weeks ago I flew home from college in Charleston, SC for Thanksgiving. I drove my 2003 e39 540i M-Sport back and forth from friends houses for the first two days and the car drove perfectly. Then on the 3rd day I got in the car to go to the store and on the way I noticed the radio wouldn't turn on. A few hours after I got home I went to go out again and when i turned on the car it beeped with the reading "Check back-up light." My right back-up tail light was out. The next day the car was dead! I took the battery out and charged it on my Dad's battery charger for about 8-10 hours. I put it back in and the car started up fine. I drove it around fine with the radio working. Then the radio wouldn't turn on again. I had to fly back to Charleston for 11 days for finals and put the car in the garage thinking it would die. 11 days later I went into the garage and unlocked the car. It wasn't dead! I started the car fine and drove it around however the back-up light is out and the radio still won't work. I don't understand what the F*ck is happening. Why didn't it die? Is it safe to drive? I think there might be a short somewhere where its all connected? Im not educated on the electrical system of a car but i just want it to be perfect again. Please help :help
A few weeks ago I flew home from college in Charleston, SC for Thanksgiving. I drove my 2003 e39 540i M-Sport back and forth from friends houses for the first two days and the car drove perfectly. Then on the 3rd day I got in the car to go to the store and on the way I noticed the radio wouldn't turn on. A few hours after I got home I went to go out again and when i turned on the car it beeped with the reading "Check back-up light." My right back-up tail light was out. The next day the car was dead! I took the battery out and charged it on my Dad's battery charger for about 8-10 hours. I put it back in and the car started up fine. I drove it around fine with the radio working. Then the radio wouldn't turn on again. I had to fly back to Charleston for 11 days for finals and put the car in the garage thinking it would die. 11 days later I went into the garage and unlocked the car. It wasn't dead! I started the car fine and drove it around however the back-up light is out and the radio still won't work. I don't understand what the F*ck is happening. Why didn't it die? Is it safe to drive? I think there might be a short somewhere where its all connected? Im not educated on the electrical system of a car but i just want it to be perfect again. Please help :help