BMW 5 series F10 - Battery Replacement and Programing (How to guide) 

Just used your video and saved myself a trip and money, thanks! 🙏🏽

Nicely done.... and without annoying background music

Great video! One suggestion: There is a 12-volt power port in the black plastic trim piece you removed at 3:02 in the video. The connector comes apart just by pulling during removal. (Easy to miss.) You might want to reattach the connector before reinstalling the trim piece at 5:12 in the video. Although I suspect those ports are rarely ever used! One other minor note: If the battery size or type is being changed (eg. upgrading from a 90AH H8 to the 105AH H9), you will also need the BimmerCode app. BimmerLink will only register the same size and type on its own. I suspect, though, registering as a 90AH AGM vs a 105AH AGM is unlikely to make much difference to the charging system.

Absolutely outstanding

Thank you for your constructive video, I have changed my battery DIY following your video and it’s all wooow! Thanks from UK.

Excellent video and thank you for no stupid background music

Thank you so much for sharing

Well it’s time to change my OEM Battery on my 2011 BMW 535i (65,000 miles) I’m surprised it lasted this long. My local BMW has the battery for $279. US so I’m on my way to purchase it and I ordered the OBD from Amazon and downloaded the BMW app on the link provided. Thanks for the video. Because I was not paying $300. Plus for the install, that’s more than the cost of the battery 🤦🏻‍♂️

Great video, straight to the point! My 2011 550i M sport (6 speed manual) still has the original battery. I have it on a trickle charger when not being used, but it's time for a replacement. 68,0** original miles, as I don't drive it in the winter/ snow.

Not sure where you get your info bro but as an Euro specialist I should point out you definitely need to register your new battery like right away. When your battery gets old it loses some of its capacity to slow this process your charging rate changes to best suit the current condition of the battery By registering you essentially letting the ECU know a new battery has been installed so it’d charge the battery accordingly. Even In some cases (mostly VW & Audi) the alternator ain’t charging the battery until you register it with a new code which u really don’t want that to happen for 2 major reasons 1- you just paid sh!t load of money for a new battery that isn’t getting charged and in no time you gonna need another one (Cause after only a week of normal driving without charging it’ll definitely fail the load test even if it passes the CCA by like %80) 2- hook up a scanner to these cars and you’ll see they have far more independent electronic units than actual mechanical ones and unstable power input (due to not getting charged or being charged the rate your old battery was charged) causes MASSIVE, EXPENSIVE & REALLY TECHNICAL problems specially on BMW which is notorious for BCM, FRM & footwell module getting damaged simply because of voltage fluctuations Also you never wanna just disconnect the battery without any memory retainer. Like the clock going back to 12 is not even important when you loose all your transmission, throttle body, KAM….. adaptations and values! For personal use I’d recommend the SP memory retainer which is like $20. It’s essentially a 9v battery plugged into the cigarette lighter supplying enough power to ECU to retain all your adaptations ….!

Excellent. Thx for the help so clearly explained. You r good, Jake

They most definitely needa sponsor you, I just bought the app and the adapter device to work on this 528i project car 💪🏽 good looking my boy

I only have 1 question! When putting the new battery in do I connect the positive for negative first? I don’t want to get zapped

Nicely done

Do I have to reprogram if I put a new battery or is there a way to do it without the app and plug in ?

Thanks for the video. I have an F10 and when I started the car, it had a hard time starting and things started to flicker, do you think because of the battery? It's 2013. Also, do you recommend getting the battery from a BMW dealer or from AutoZone? THANKS!

Where can I get a battery to buy ?

M550i 2019 needs a battery let’s see how it goes

Glad I found your video! Local stores are only carrying the H8 battery that I can soon, would that be a huge problem if OEM is h9?

Hello, I have problem with my bmw 528i 2011. I disconnect battery for starter replacement, it made loud alarm (louder than usual), i connect battery back, and remote controll partialy stop working. I cannot lock and unlock the car, but i can start. After start, engine stalls after 1-2 seconds. Maybe somebody had this problem before ?

So if I don’t register it how short of a Battery life should I expect?

Hi there, can you tell where is auxiliary battery? (I have a f10 523i)

My e90s battery was replaced about a year ago by previous ownner. I see on the car log was not register any previous replacement, and the battery currently registered is a 90ahm agm while the battery in the trunk is a 95ahm AGm. What would you say i have to do now?

What if there were no power after replacing the battery?

Lol I was at the dealer and I saw 600 battery I was like what 😂

I was wondering with pre LCI non-stop-start, is it necessary to use an AGM? Or can just a quality lead-calcium with same CCA and AH etc. be used?

What if I never register the new battery then what?

What if your battery reads 11v?

Always turn off the start/stop function, ruins your starter and battery

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You have to let car know it’s a new battery that’s horrible design