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Car wouldn't start first time
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That would be the case with most manufacturer's cars that have start/stop systems and AGM batteries.facade said:
Like if the car says BMW on it (or MINI), a new battery has to be registered (expensively no doubt) with the ECU or Terrible Bad Things happen.Ectophile said:With a set of spanners, you can replace your own battery. As with all things on cars, sometimes it's easy and sometimes you hit an unexpected snag.0 -
Or an old Audi A4 (B6 model) where you have to loosen a crossmember to get to the battery retaining clamp bolt and have a very long socket adaptor.Signature on holiday for two weeks0
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