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Thread: Battery light when i am driving and the heat is on

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    Battery light when i am driving and the heat is on

    OK i got a weird issue. Whenever i drive and turn the heat on my battery light comes on. when i turn the heat off then the light goes off after a minute. I can run the AC and no light. I originally thought it could be the alternator but i tested it and was getting 14v.

    Did some research and i see this article about the final stage unit/blower motor resistor? Only thing is i dont think i get speratic fan speeds, i only get the battery light. Do you think the resistor is the issue?

    I did get a Optima yellow top battery a while ago but that pretty much all i changed on the car

    Help please
    Last edited by dydigital; 10-22-2008 at 03:31 PM.

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    anybody?

    Anybody have any insight on this issue? Please

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    I unfortunately don't have any good ideas on this one.

    I would speculate that if the problem were your FSR, it wouldn't matter if you were using the heat or the A/C.

    The only thing that should change (electrically, at least) when you turn on the heat is the baffles in the ductwork (I assume they're electrically/electronically controlled) and the heater valve (also probably electronically controlled). But, even if those were malfunctioning, they shouldn't have enough draw to make your battery light come on.

    I think I would pick up a voltmeter that plugs into the cigarette lighter (they're pretty cheap) and watch what happens when you do different things - rev the engine, change the fan speed manually, change the fan speed automatically, switch the A/C compressor on and off, etc. See if the voltage reported by the voltmeter has any correlation to the battery indicator on the cluster.

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    Sorry to bring back an old thread, but did you ever get to the bottom of the problem? Having the exact same issue with my 2004 X3 3.0!

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    Ditto on bringing back an old thread, my 2004 325 is doing exactly the same!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dydigital View Post
    OK i got a weird issue. Whenever i drive and turn the heat on my battery light comes on. when i turn the heat off then the light goes off after a minute. I can run the AC and no light. I originally thought it could be the alternator but i tested it and was getting 14v.

    Did some research and i see this article about the final stage unit/blower motor resistor? Only thing is i dont think i get speratic fan speeds, i only get the battery light. Do you think the resistor is the issue?

    I did get a Optima yellow top battery a while ago but that pretty much all i changed on the car

    Help please
    Please check the indicator on dashboard closely. i had the same issue. it is "low coolant" sign not a battery sign. Just check and top up the coolant, you will be good to go.
    I hope this helps.

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