My (E90) car battery exploded today and acid water is all over the boot....

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Any Bros here experience it...the mobile guy who came says likely it is manufacturer defect..imagine i just paid for a complete car check in mid Feb and now this...crap leh...
 
Re: My (E90) car battery exploded today and acid water is all over the boot....

man, sorry to hear that. i had a defective battery that conked out in its first year but no explosion (touch wood).

did PML do the complete check? it may not be able to detect battery issues like that. do you know when the battery was installed?
 
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Nope, never experience such as issue. Goodness, sorry to hear about ur battery exploded :(
 
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My warranty is ending in June so i told the SA to do a complete check...he says he will do a detail check for me...he found a leak and resolved it...declared all well n good then...
 
Re: My (E90) car battery exploded today and acid water is all over the boot....

It could also be overcharging from alternator.

Ask them to check the charge voltage at idling & when rev.
 
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Sorry to hear that.

Hope all is well now.

Last time I saw this was when a SAF 5 tonner battery exploded. The battery is located right under the vehicle commander's ass.
 
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Sorry to hear that. Good thing is battery is covered under 3 years warranty so go claim a new one from PML.
 
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basker;991050 said:
My warranty is ending in June so i told the SA to do a complete check...he says he will do a detail check for me...he found a leak and resolved it...declared all well n good then...
With with the bad experience, positive thinking would be now it is all-good-to-go. Cannot imagine the anger or 'OMFG feeling' if it exploded after June especially when u paid for a complete car check in mid Feb.
 
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To be fair, I am not sure if there are any ways to detect this. For this alone, I feel safer that battery is behind =) glad you are fine =)
 
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Whoa. Any driver safety concern upon explosion? Just wondering...

To TS: Hope you get it resolved ASAP!
 
Re: My (E90) car battery exploded today and acid water is all over the boot....

The old way was a multimeter and a torchlight to see the dryness of the battery.

The battery actually discharges gases while charging. Or it may be that the car was overcharging the battery.




vegadonovan;991089 said:
To be fair, I am not sure if there are any ways to detect this. For this alone, I feel safer that battery is behind =) glad you are fine =)
 
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batt explosion!? tt sound damn scary, and you are ok and your bimmer will recover soon!
 
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SA says first time he encountered batt explode.... PML says they need time to look into it..likely could be other issue.
 
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basker;991027 said:
Any Bros here experience it...the mobile guy who came says likely it is manufacturer defect..imagine i just paid for a complete car check in mid Feb and now this...crap leh...

The battery in my 318i (E46) exploded in July 2013. it happened when I turn on the engine. Looks like I am not the only one.
 
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Glad it did not catch fire ... That would be really bad...
 
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Hope you guys are ok. What causes battery to pechar like that? Really strange.
 
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Not an expert. But think it is a short circuit in the cells. But curious, I thought most car batteries in use today are dry cells.
 
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Fox1;1040476 said:
Not an expert. But think it is a short circuit in the cells. But curious, I thought most car batteries in use today are dry cells.

maintenance free battery is NOT dry battery ,there still lead acid inside but all sealed.
battery explosion could be battery internal short circuit (very rare for Premium quality type)
and also battery terminal connection corroded or loose terminal.
 

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