Originally Posted by onehundred80
I have no idea, but just guessing that the car may be taking a lot of the available power to turn the starter and leaving little to power up other components. A starter is practically a dead short with the power it uses turning over an engine.
A battery may have nearly another year on it over the model year of the car.
Very good point! I think I'll order a new battery tomorrow. The car runs perfect. I bet your right, it's the battery. I'll post again when I replace it and see if it fixes the problem. Its time anyway, 7 or 8 years for a battery is a long time. It's the orig white color battery, used in Mercedes and BMW.
Thanks for the help.