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Originally Posted by Tschultz31
so ive been having a recurring issue with my 335i randomly my abs and traction control will disable and the car will go into limp mode so I replaced the battery and it kept happening so I then replaced the alternator because when I looked at it it was visably fried but I didn't know I was supposed to code the battery about 4 days later when I learned I was supposed to is it possible either putting the battery in with a bad alt killed the battery and then when I put the new alternator in and didn't code it also killed the alt or is it possibly something im just super stumped and wonder if any one else has ran into this also when it happens and I read the codes they are usually different
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Coding the battery is not mandatory. The car will function normally without a coded battery. However, the battery will not last as long because it won't be optimally charged over the years.