Stop Start function and trickle charging

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pwliv
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My last BMW suffered horribly during lockdown - even with a trickle charger every few weeks I would get "Warning charge battery immediately or take for a long run" messages coming up, never mind Stop/Start. To put this into context, even after a 200 mile journey the Stop/Start did not resume, I needed to charge the battery overnight. Modern cars use a lot of electricity just sitting on the drive, the more sophisticated the systems, the more they use, so this is not an XC40 problem, but a fact of life.
Paul
Denim Blue T3 Momentum auto (2021), Pilot assist, Climate, Parking assist

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