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SOLOLUCKY
03-26-2018, 12:51 PM
As the description states, I have an 06 325i and for some reason, when the car is off, key out, fully shut down, etc. the Park indicator on the console is still lit up.
It took a while to notice it but the car has seemed to crank slower than it should as it has a "newer" battery.
Maybe this is causing a parasitic drain is the thought.

If you grab the lever and pull it rearward ever so slightly the light goes off.
Bump it back to the "at rest" position and the light comes back on.
We have been trying to remember to pull it back to keep the light off when parking it for the nite, or whenever, but it shouldn't be doing this.

Thoughts on how to easily fix this?

I could tear into the console but shifters are complex animals and the switch could be buried in such a location I couldn;t see or reach ti easily anyways...so some advice would be appreciated.

MSCHMITZ
03-26-2018, 09:11 PM
I'm pretty sure they're always on. My 2011 328i seems to be at least.



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SOLOLUCKY
03-26-2018, 09:51 PM
interesting, Yeah I could not see that little lite draining too much power away. I thought maybe it was "activating" more in the computer system thus a drain.

Thanks MSCHMITZ for the input tho.

Maybe hear from the other owners of the same car...or ask others with the same vehicle as we see them thru the daily life thing.
Good to hear your input tho, makes me feel a bit better. And a 2011 is less likely to have something malfunction in the shifter mechanisms than a 2006 anyways.