I’ve got an electrical issue that I’m coming to my wits end. Happened last year and still not got it resolved. E36 3.0 M3. Track prepared but still road legal. Problem is this When sidelights and headlights are off the indicators work fine but the nearside (UK) sidelight flashes with the left...

Hi, I got a 320d thats lots a bit of power, I not sure if it's the turbo as it's not smoking and sounds like normal but there is strange noise. When I accelerate fast and let go of the gas sometimes i can hear a metal rattle echo type noise could it be a leak in exhaust or turbo piping ? I am...

Hi all my 2005 e60 was running fine yesterday but came to it this morning and it wouldn't start, no dash lights only the service symbol is on so I flicked all the levers baffled and the wipers started. Then the car started but still no lights only the service symbol is on. Car turned off but...

Hi Guy's, Weird problem with the convertible this morning. Went down to the garage and found the four windows half way down and the roof unlocked at the front but not open. Tried to start the car and the battery was almost flat. Turned the engine over just once, then the headlights came on and...

Should I be concerned by how my diesel engine sound? It has around 215.000KM on the clock. Took it to my dealer, he told me that it should sound like this - considering a 2nd. opinion. Maybe someone on this forum can confirm that their E46 320D engine sounds like mine?

I have a wierd problem which started yesterday.. When i used my heaters the low coolant symbol came on the dash.. I thought wtf Switched the heaters off and a few seconds later the symbol went off.. I checked the coolant level and all is fine and cannot see any drips or coolant leaking...

Hi guys I have got a problem with weird noise from engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Fa_UTHdAc ,had a guy look ai it he has taken v belt off and tensioner pulley was very loose was spinning very easily. He adviced to replace that . I went and bought original part from BMW and he is...

I have an E36 convertible and the front passenger window works the wrong way round, up for down, down for up and because of this the roof wont wont work. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?

I have a strange clunking noise from the rear of my car, if i reverse its not there, only if i go forward. its like a clunk with every rotation of the wheel, Iv replaced the diff and oil. Need advice/help asap guys.

Hi Guys, This is my first post and sadly it has to be because of a problem. My car all of a sudden has started making a loud and weird noise from the engine/engine bay, its hard to work out exactly where it is coming from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUjL3vL-3Cg Here is a video of the...

Hi I had an unusual problem with my drivers side side light & indicator. A warning came up on the dash as I was about to leave my house so I had a look and my indicator bulb was lit up but not flashing and my sidelight bulb was not lit. I checked my full beam & dip and they were both working I...

Please help. i bought a 3 series today 2000 plate 316i. When i started it up there was a whinning noise coming from the engine, it went after about 15 seconds and the guy said its been like it all the time he has had it (3months) i then picked up a set of 18 inch wheels up off some other bloke...

Wierd problem! Occasionally - but usually once evey trip - the dash fault light comes up saying the front left hand headlight bulb is blown. This turns out to be the front left indicator bulb on (steady, not ticking) instead of the sidelight! If I bang the headlight housing a bit the sidelight...

Good Morning all Right last night I got called out so I had to do a little bit of spirited driving (blues etc etc), engine was warm already, previous in the day I had driven about 90miles on the Motorway so it hadnt been thrashed, but anyway I was responding to the shout and some young driver...

Hi all Just popped out and my seat was being its wonderful self as ever, if say my brother took my car out (he is insured) and he moved my seat around and I got back in it and I had to re adjust. Everytime I adjust the back of the seat I have to move it all the way back so its flat and then...

Right this doesnt happen all the time but often does when i accelerate it feels like the car doesnt want to go it also feels very slightly jerky. feels like im having to rev the tits out of it to get it to go anywhere and say when i put it up in to 3rd i fell lack of power once new gear has...

As above, when on lock its hard to get it back out of lock, and if its in lock and im reversing the tyre kicks if you know what i mean.

As the title says i have a wierd intermitant power delivery problem, 75% the car drives as it should (i think lol) in that it pulls like a train from quite low down the rev range, the other 25% of the time it seems quite flat until it reaches 3000 rpm, the turbo comes in, but it still doesnt...

I turn ignition off also i noticed lights go on then off when i started the engine anyone know why???? cheers

hi people iv noticed now and then when i drive my car at it starts to make a wierd wobble like its got a flat tyre and the steering goes funny and th car just wobbles like the wheels need balancing type of wobble and then it stops and the tyres are perfectly fine no flats and the wheels have...