does anyone know wat the problem is????? my battery kept dyin so i got a new one( from place where i bought car) and then two weeks later it died again..... so i figured that they jsut stuck some old ass battery so i went and got a new one..... two weeks later again same problem .... so i got my diagnostic test done at my local bmw dealer and they found that the alternator wasnt charging efeciently...... dat at times it wud charge and others it wudnt..... so i got a new bosch alternator.... but didnt replace the battery cause the guy said it wud just recharge it self..... everything has been perfect since then and jsut this morning i wake up and cant start my car...... i ge that clickin and it wont start...!!!! :mad

also my car got keyed a week ago and had work done to it this past week... do you think when they were doin work maybe they had the doors open and drained the battery that way so now its so dead that even the alternator cant charge it....

or do you think since after i got the new alternator and left the old battery thats the problem? or can it be the alternator again? please anyone that can help me let me know anything its the the biggest pain in the ass since i first got my car.....

also its time for my inspection II wud dat have anything to do wiht it maybe faulty spark plugs or sumthin thats draiin lots of power?

thanks

Something similar happened to me on the Honda. Battery kept dying, replaced it and same problem after a few days. Somehow, it's been a while, it ended up being the Positive Wire running to the battery that was the problem.

Did you install a radar detector, radio, AMP etc... recently?

Does the car start up fine after jumpstarting it?

um no i havnt instaled anything yet...... and its weird cuase it wudnt start id wait a minute and it wud start but barely.... i drove for bout half hour parked car... turned of then i started again to see if it wud start it wud.... so i go inside maybe an hour later i come out to go to store it wudnt start again...... same thing after i jump it....... i guess ill get the positive wire checked out but u think the battery cud jsut be really really dead... where it cant recharge it self??? if so ill get new battery but if not i dont wanna spend moeny on a new battery and same thing will happen..... thanks tho for the help its sucks being 17 and not to much money for repairs..... and not knowin ne thing ....

It's likely the battery or one of the connections to the battery. I had the same problem with my car this last month, except mine would shut off while driving in stop and go traffic. Just buy a new battery, and if that's not the problem you can put the old one back in and save the new one for later.

Ok, if nothing new electrical was installed, then do the easiest thing first, check the connections to the battery and then if nothing looks out of the ordinary, get a new battery but make sure it is a decent brand.. I know funds are tight but unfortunately, this is something that needs to be fixed, no way around it. :(

Good luck and keep us posted. :)

I know exactly how you feel. Check out my recent thread on "fried alternator". Similar in alot of respects. Batteries can give up the ghost and not be able to recharge if they get drained "to the bone" frequent enough. A new battery may be the solution. Get a multimeter to see if your alternator is adequately charging your battery. Or go to autozone for a free check on this. Two separately placed Bosch alternators that were placed in my 530 were "killed " in a matter of minutes. Thought is was a wire/short issue, but all diagnostics checked out fine. Dealer placed (BMW) alternator ($$) works perfectly. Go figure? Could it be that the Bosche alt. just couldn't cut the mustard? Seems so. Check your charging system (Alternator) and if o.k., check your battery. Both at autozone are free services. Replace whatever is trashed.

What you could do is possibly get a voltmeter and have it hooked up to your battery. Then take out fuses one at a time and see which fuse causes your volts to go up (which means there is a drain) - We did this on an old 535i, found out the power antenna was grounding out and caused the battery to die within 24 hours.
Hope that helps.

thanks guys..... ill probably head over to autozone tommorow and get it checked out....hopefully ill jsut need the battery and not the alternator or sumthin else..... its such a pain.... thanks tho ill keep you posted and post the problem if i find it out for future purposes if anyone has this problem again......

What you could do is possibly get a voltmeter and have it hooked up to your battery. Then take out fuses one at a time and see which fuse causes your volts to go up (which means there is a drain) - We did this on an old 535i, found out the power antenna was grounding out and caused the battery to die within 24 hours.
Hope that helps.

i jump started my car and drove it a roudn for a lil and got home and parked turned car of waited few mins and try to start it again and it did..... but i went inside and maybe like 5 to 6 hours later i couldnt start it anymore u think its a drain ? sumthin like urs or can the battery jsut be really really dead cuase i havnt changed it since it went really dead on me when my alternator was messed up .....