Thanks for your very detailed clear explanation, you are a star

X5sport,

When you were talking about the transmission fluid change, you mentioned a kit, I have seen there is a ZF kit advertised on AUTODOC with the transmission fluid and the oil pan for less than £250, it says it’s suitable for this model. I’m going to get the garage to do it but wondered if ...

Still no further forward but I could do with some more advice. When I ran the scan on the car, one of the fault codes that came up was the tilt and motion sensor. Anyway, over the weekend I was sitting in the car with it locked and completely still trying to work out what could be draining the ...

Hi thanks for your replies, I will have a look at the earthing points. I’m not sure what you mean by doesn’t have a cover. The whole battery was covered, I had to take it off to get the pictures. I can’t see how it could have taken a knock as there was nothing could get to it and it was just fitted ...

Ok, I checked and it all appears pretty much identical to yours. If I try coding the battery with my scanner, would the number in the second picture be required? Or would it be the number on the battery bar code?

Good Morning,

Yes the doors were closed and engine was running when the charging fault occurred. I just went to start it this morning and the high rate of battery discharge error came on again. I checked the jump start terminals and they seem ok. This is the error showing when I run the battery scan.

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply, it was an independent garage but the parts came from BMW. I will check the jump start points tomorrow but car is back in to have the transmission fluid replaced next week which he already told me won’t be cheap as the fluid is £29 a litre. I will ask them to ...

Hi All,

I recently bought a 2013 x6 40d msport and a couple of days later I started getting a charging fault so took it to my local mechanic and they tested the alternator and said it was not good so charged me £440 for a new alternator. It then seemed ok but in the mornings it started coming up ...