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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 04:21 PM
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2005 e55amg. Had main battery disconnected over summer for storage. When I reconnected, I am getting red warning-battery display. Car runs OK.
Is this a sign that the aux battery is not good? Needs charging?
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2005 e55amg. Had main battery disconnected over summer for storage. When I reconnected, I am getting red warning-battery display. Car runs OK.
Is this a sign that the aux battery is not good? Needs charging?
I'd check'em both.
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Old Nov 15, 2019 | 07:37 PM
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Loose neg cable aux battery. Tightened it, problem solved. Thanks
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Originally Posted by wgben22
2005 e55amg. Had main battery disconnected over summer for storage .....
Sorry but in what kind of hot climate are you living having to hibernate your car for summer?
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The e55 is my Florida car. I live in Maine in the summer (SLK32). Bipolar.
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Loose neg cable aux battery. Tightened it, problem solved. Thanks
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