Changed 4x tires now car won't start/flat battery

97nasd90 · 12-29-2014, 02:36 PM

Last week I recieved a new set of stock 224m wheels/tires from a member here and installed them to replace a flat I received and needed new tires anyways. Long story short I went to crank the car and the battery was flat. Jumped it last night no problem and drove for 10 minutes and battery was fine. Go out today and its dead flat. Like something is draining it overnight?

I am perplexed. How could changing the wheels impact battery drain? The only change I can think of is the new wheels had tpms sensors whereas the old did not. But from everything I see this shouldn't be an issue. Seems entirely too coincidental the flat battery occurred exactly when I changed the wheels without some correlation. Any thoughts are much appreciated.

Edit: I should add the abs flickers when I go to turn the ignition. Concerned there may be some sort of abs pump fault maybe. Car is under fidelity platinum warranty so I am not concerned about cost but would like to avoid taking it in if possible.

chickdr · 12-29-2014, 04:10 PM

How old is your battery? It may just be timing. That is the first thing I would check. Do you use a tender when not driving the car? Is it a daily driver?

JPWEraser · 12-29-2014, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chickdr

How old is your battery? It may just be timing. That is the first thing I would check. Do you use a tender when not driving the car? Is it a daily driver?

This. It may just be the battery giving up the ghost. If it is anything around 5-6 years old it's time to replace it.

97nasd90 · 12-30-2014, 09:53 AM

Battery is only two years old and is daily driven which is why it is so confounding. Heading to get the battery tested today.

Huz-Z · 12-30-2014, 01:06 PM

Hopefully it's as simple as a faulty battery.

JeffchaPz · 01-03-2015, 12:40 AM

Maybe the new wheels ran out of power

Now that it's cold even in my garage, if I don't use the car within 4+ days, the car will crank once and then you hear the click click click... so If I don't use the car, I plug it to my batter tender every 4 days until the light turns solid green.

I'm just sharing what I go through to make sure the car starts when I need it.
my battery is 5 years old so that might be the reason why.

If you jump start your car from a flat battery, make sure you run it at least for 30 mins give it a chance to charge again.

Cheers

3002 tii · 01-06-2015, 09:55 AM

You sure you didn't have the door/trunk open for extended period when you were swapping wheels?

12-29-2014, 02:36 PM	#1
97nasd90 New Member 0 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 97 Land Rover D90; Porsche 911 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Columbia, SC iTrader: (0)	Changed 4x tires now car won't start/flat battery Last week I recieved a new set of stock 224m wheels/tires from a member here and installed them to replace a flat I received and needed new tires anyways. Long story short I went to crank the car and the battery was flat. Jumped it last night no problem and drove for 10 minutes and battery was fine. Go out today and its dead flat. Like something is draining it overnight? I am perplexed. How could changing the wheels impact battery drain? The only change I can think of is the new wheels had tpms sensors whereas the old did not. But from everything I see this shouldn't be an issue. Seems entirely too coincidental the flat battery occurred exactly when I changed the wheels without some correlation. Any thoughts are much appreciated. Edit: I should add the abs flickers when I go to turn the ignition. Concerned there may be some sort of abs pump fault maybe. Car is under fidelity platinum warranty so I am not concerned about cost but would like to avoid taking it in if possible. Last edited by 97nasd90; 12-29-2014 at 03:15 PM..
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chickdr Lieutenant Colonel 140 Rep 1,991 Posts Drives: 2006 M Roadster Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buford, GA iTrader: (0)	How old is your battery? It may just be timing. That is the first thing I would check. Do you use a tender when not driving the car? Is it a daily driver?
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12-30-2014, 09:53 AM	#4
97nasd90 New Member 0 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 97 Land Rover D90; Porsche 911 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Columbia, SC iTrader: (0)	Battery is only two years old and is daily driven which is why it is so confounding. Heading to get the battery tested today.
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12-30-2014, 01:06 PM	#5
Huz-Z Brigadier General 851 Rep 4,057 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si, 328 XDrive, X5 35i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Hopefully it's as simple as a faulty battery.
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JeffchaPz Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 251 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4M Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Maybe the new wheels ran out of power Now that it's cold even in my garage, if I don't use the car within 4+ days, the car will crank once and then you hear the click click click... so If I don't use the car, I plug it to my batter tender every 4 days until the light turns solid green. I'm just sharing what I go through to make sure the car starts when I need it. my battery is 5 years old so that might be the reason why. If you jump start your car from a flat battery, make sure you run it at least for 30 mins give it a chance to charge again. Cheers
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