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| 04-20-2015, 10:27 PM | #1 |
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Dealer says 2 hours to reprogram after battery replacment?
Time to replace the original battery in my 06 330i. Dealer is telling me it takes 2 hour to reprogram the car after they put in the new battery. Sounds like a scam to me.
Anyone get the same story?
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| 04-20-2015, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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Definite scam. Takes 2 minutes with a cable. I'd find someone local and pay them in beer.
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| 04-20-2015, 11:42 PM | #3 | |
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| 04-21-2015, 06:30 AM | #5 |
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Apparently Dealers forget there is an internet...
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| 04-21-2015, 09:06 AM | #6 |
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Did they say two hours of labor charged, or two hours of wait time?
I'd believe two hours of wait time, between check-in, getting the car into the shop etc.... For the actual labor charged, it should be the minimum block, which is usually 30 minutes. |
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| 04-21-2015, 10:24 PM | #7 |
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Bmw must have some set rate for a battery replacement. I called another dealer and they quoted me around the same price.
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| 07-10-2015, 12:10 PM | #9 |
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Just a note to say that yes the registration takes 2 min, but according to the BMW procedure, the car is supposed to be allowed to sit at least 3 hours after so that it can go to sleep and properly register the level of charge in the new battery at that time.
That said, I do not know if that 3 hours has to be right after the registration. For example, would it be OK to register the car, then drive it knowing that later that night it will sleep for at least 3 hours? My uneducated guess would be that is OK or at least have extremely negligible impact. All of this to also add that if the dealer does let the car sit for several hours, they most certainly should be be charging for it since they aren't working on it  |
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