94 525i Electrical Problems

[msbunnycat]

I was driving at night earlier this week when the small triangular light on the dashboard came on, then the message bar lit up with "trans program, abs brakes, owner's manual" and several other fun things. The car began to lose power, so I pulled off the road and let it sit for a minute. Started right up, ran fine, and then a mile down the road it did the same thing. Got it jumpstarted, brough it home, and next day it was dead again. Brought it to my mechanic, who checked the alt. and battery, and they are fine. He checked all the fuses, and while he had them pulled there was something still draining the battery. He suggests having it checked at a dealership. My husband suggests we get rid of it, since he thinks this is the begining of some big problem. I am keeping the car-my toy and I like it. Anyone heard of or had this problem with the 525i, and if so can you give me some guidance as to where to start on getting this fixed.

[david peacock]

Originally Posted by msbunnycat

I was driving at night earlier this week when the small triangular light on the dashboard came on, then the message bar lit up with "trans program, abs brakes, owner's manual" and several other fun things. The car began to lose power, so I pulled off the road and let it sit for a minute. Started right up, ran fine, and then a mile down the road it did the same thing. Got it jumpstarted, brough it home, and next day it was dead again. Brought it to my mechanic, who checked the alt. and battery, and they are fine. He checked all the fuses, and while he had them pulled there was something still draining the battery. He suggests having it checked at a dealership. My husband suggests we get rid of it, since he thinks this is the begining of some big problem. I am keeping the car-my toy and I like it. Anyone heard of or had this problem with the 525i, and if so can you give me some guidance as to where to start on getting this fixed.

hello msbunnycat, I'm a brand new subscriber to this forum. was searching for the solution to my own problem and saw yours and was reminded of very similiar experience I had a few years ago with my '91 525i. To begin-my wife called and said it quit and was beside the road dead, I went to get it--started right up!! soon same story-but graduated to more bad events! long story short!!! I eventually rebuilt the alternator and was back in biz ever since!!! In the begining I checked everthing I could think of. Even replaced the bat.!! Hope my experience helps you, sounds just like the story I had. Cheers Davy

[russiankid]

either replace the alt. which would cause this, what things have you got installed on the car, like audio,alarm w/e,because alot of times if a "proffesional" did it, it may be wired up wrong, causing some other things to loose power because that unit is plugged into somthing the car came stock with, or it is on while the car is off