[ilovewagons]

Long story short, it's under the tool tray, where the towing eye and little mini repair kit is. I googled and found sweet FA when it came to where the damn thing was and how to get at it. Apparently no one with a touring has had any trouble finding their battery and it's all just me. I'm not some mechanical genius so, yeah...

Chances are you want the battery to disconnect the negative terminal. You'll need a small socket and driver and the screwdriver in the repair kit.

Because you have a touring (good morrow to you sir, fine gentleman that you are), your boot is a palatial, extravagant abode, as opposed to the rotted boards covered in straw that our sedan siblings get. This means you have to get a load of trim out of the way.

First take out all the storage system stuff, nets bars etc. if it locks into the floor or attaches to it, get it out.

Next lift out the two storage panels. Do the big one first, then lift the little one away from you till the curved hinges on either side slide out. You should be able to see the toolkit.

Look at the picture below. You're welcome. Now pick a spot and pull the trim away, you can pry the bastard pins off with a screwdriver, or use some fancy tool if you have it. Be sure to get all the pins (I didn't label all of them) and the screw things you can get off with the base of the screwdriver handle. The storage system hole thing just pops off.



Here's another picture. Bam.



Unscrew the screw on the negative terminal. Use the socket, it's tricky to get to otherwise. Do not unscrew it all the way off. The screw will fall out and it will go somewhere so hard to get you'll curse your ancestors for bequeathing you poor literacy genes.

Gently pry off the terminal clip thing and put something non-conductive between it and battery post so they don't touch.

[RIOBLAST]

Hehe, the green cable is the emergency opener for the gas cap.

[ilovewagons]

Learn something new everyday. So if my car's battery dies and I run out of fuel at the same time, I pull this handle, while I'm replacing the battery that would also open the fuel cap. Why does this exist?

[mightycrown]

Hi,
thanks for this information. But may I knowwhich FA you are refering. Could you send a link?

[ontheway]

There is a lot of stuff in there.... I do wonder if the NRMA battery people would know where to look ... That being said, the dude who (years ago) knew exactly where the battery was under the back seat of my girlfriends beetle... I had no idea where it was in the death capsule....

I guess this is why my (soon to arrive) connected drive monitors battery voltage... apparently!!

[mightycrown]

Ok. Ye, I was trying to get in there but was not sure, and didnt want to f it up Good that I saw your post.

[JJS]

Wow, they don't make it easy to get to, do they?

[dcg71]

I guess that's probably confusing if you're new to BMWs, but its not specific to the f31. I think almost every single model, past and previous, has had the battery in that location.

[Roverine]

Hi Ilovewagons: I have been struggling to figure how to remove the trim panel covering the battery on my F31, mainly due to the chrome "adaptive retainer fixing pin" to which you refer as the storage bar locking hole thing! To be clear, you just yank the trim piece up and it releases off of the storage system hole thing? I have not been able to find anything about this apart from your post. I would appreciate any advice you could provide. Thanks.

[ionutmaruta]

I don't understand
Can you made a VIDEO ?
Or, care you make some pics with every step?

Thanks in advance...

Which AH is the battery? 80 Ah or 90-92 Ah ?

[feng]

When i take pics of my CellLink Battery B, I'll take a vid of the trim removal for the battery too if you like?

[ionutmaruta]

I have F31 2014 320d.
The battery is 92 Ah or 90 Ah ?

bmwfans.info write:

Attention: The installed 92Ah AGM battery must be Replaced By the 90Ah AGM battery!

[Zao]

I'm trying to remove my BMW F31 battery so that I can take it home/inside and put it on a trickle charger.

Getting the panels removed from a F31 is a lot more difficult compared to the Youtube videos from F30's.

Now I'm facing the next challence: getting the batteries from their position. I know that they are heavy, and even though I'm doing fitness with weights, I couldn't even slightly move the battery. After multiple inspections with a flashlight, I found a bolt on the right side, at the bottom next to the battery, which is probably keeping the battery locked in place. I didn't see this bolt at F30 Youtube videos.

To remove the bolt, you need a really long and small socket wrench, like 10 to 15 inch. Or maybe a flexible one.
(See the green arrow where the socket wrench needs to be inserted.)

How did you guys do this?

[John in VA]

Originally Posted by Zao

To remove the bolt, you need a really long and small socket wrench, like 10 to 15 inch. Or maybe a flexible one.
(See the green arrow where the socket wrench needs to be inserted.)
How did you guys do this?

Use a socket on an extension.