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Bmw e60 battery change - coding

  • 19-01-2015 8:19pm
    #1
    wersal gummage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    Have read up a fair bit on Google. Seems to be plenty of conflicting advice but almost bordering on consensus that if you swap a like for like battery you may get away without coding it.

    I'm planning on putting a varta 110 ah heavy duty battery into the car. I'm pretty sure that is higher than what is there (but haven't actually checked yet). I suspect original battery is still in the car (2005 e60 523i). Battery has been on way out for some time and has finally died.

    What damage could I do here by not coding? Car is currently declared off the road (and is) so jumping it and driving it to a garage is not an option. Do I need to tow it somewhere just to change a battery?! While car is off the road, I need to be able to move it within the private property it is currently in for access reasons.

    Thanks very much.


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  • #2
    burke027
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭burke027


    wersal gummage wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    Have read up a fair bit on Google. Seems to be plenty of conflicting advice but almost bordering on consensus that if you swap a like for like battery you may get away without coding it.

    I'm planning on putting a varta 110 ah heavy duty battery into the car. I'm pretty sure that is higher than what is there (but haven't actually checked yet). I suspect original battery is still in the car (2005 e60 523i). Battery has been on way out for some time and has finally died.

    What damage could I do here by not coding? Car is currently declared off the road (and is) so jumping it and driving it to a garage is not an option. Do I need to tow it somewhere just to change a battery?! While car is off the road, I need to be able to move it within the private property it is currently in for access reasons.

    Thanks very much.

    It's not that it needs to be coded the car just needs to be told a new battery has being fitted fairly straight forward I've done one r two and not reset it and it's being fine


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