New battery question
- Thread starter Chabsy
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Taken from a supplier;
Depending on the make of car and the functionality of the respective system (open or closed), modern vehicles with Battery Energy Management (BEM) may or may not require or recommend that the new battery be registered.
If the new battery is not registered, error messages from the on-board computer may occur and comfort applications may not work or may only work to a limited extent for a short period of time. Displayed error messages can usually be reset by deleting the error memory. If the new battery is registered, it usually takes a few days for the system to detect the new state of the battery and reset the error messages automatically.
Depending on the make of car and the functionality of the respective system (open or closed), modern vehicles with Battery Energy Management (BEM) may or may not require or recommend that the new battery be registered.
If the new battery is not registered, error messages from the on-board computer may occur and comfort applications may not work or may only work to a limited extent for a short period of time. Displayed error messages can usually be reset by deleting the error memory. If the new battery is registered, it usually takes a few days for the system to detect the new state of the battery and reset the error messages automatically.
A battery is a battery - of course it will work*
It primarily affects the charging rate - in that a new battery has different charging demands to a nearly dead battery in order to better prolong battery life. Fitting a new battery but without registering it, can result in the new battery receiving a higher than needed voltage, resulting in shorter life
*opt out clause because I'm sure somewhere there'll be that 1 make/model of car that won't start until it's been coded.
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If you aren't going to code it straight away, it's almost a pointless exercise to code it at all - any (however unlikely) damage will already be done, and the battery monitoring system will have already started to "learn" the new battery.
wont make any noticable difference for a few days, i replaced mine on my c max and coded it in 2 weeks later when i had a laptop available car still started and ran . on fords the bms only charges to 80 percent anyway so no probs. son had a bmw and replaced the battery like for like, 2 years later he sold the car never coded it, even though he kept being told to.
