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From: Champ on 26 Jun 2010 06:28
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:28:16 -0700 (PDT), antonye <antonye(a)ukrm.net>
wrote:

>Champ wrote:
>>
>> And I took it to the guys who service the car for me, and they plugged
>> in the magic self-diagnosis box, and it said "you need a new key".
>> Which I've ordered. �At just under a 100 quid. <wince>
>
>Sounds right - I think ours was �95. This was the fourth key
>of a total of eight, apparently. Once you use all eight, it's
>new lockset time!

Hmm. That could start to become a worry as these cars get older.

>Oh, and this will be handy when you get it, if the garage
>doesn't do it for you:
>http://www.ehow.com/how_5268779_reinitialize-bmw-remote-key.html

They will do it for me, but it's useful info anyway. ta.
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Champ
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From: Lozzo on 26 Jun 2010 10:39
TMack on google wrote:

> I know that the E46 series (and possibly other series) suffered from
> problems with the earth wires where they connected to the rear light
> clusters.
> http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=533309
> Check carefully for signs of burning/arcing. Mind you on my 330D I
> had a chronic problem with the warning lights for the rear lighting
> clusters that was not due to the well-known earth wire problem and was
> only only solved with a complete re-wire of said lighting clusters..

Thanks Tony - mine is a E46 318i ES, post 2001 facelift. I discovered
that known fault via google yesterday and spent a few minutes sorting
it today. All the warning lights are now out and staying out, it was an
earth problem causing it. The lights worked fine and the connectors
weren't burnt, but obviously too much resistance through each connector
was causing the display to flash up a warning.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
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