mad henry

hi you will need the iso cables which are the same as i got but if you need the extra wires fore the steering controls they are mega bucks if you want the wires i will sale mine as now i have put the standard radio back in

Hi all when I bought my 523 the air bag light was on and other things was not working so i went through loads of different things and narrowed it down to the little black box on thee back of the ignition switch and now I bought one it all works.

If anyone who has an air bag light on and when you press the horn this is the fault or if your key just spins round hope this will help others and save you them huge bmw bills just to tell you they can not find a fault

yeah all sorted now changed the ignition switch block and all works fine now

I have had my 523 down to 8 mpg but that was flooring it but driving at correct speeds I am getting between 27 to 35 mpg when I bought it coming home was motorway and was up to around 39 mpg

Hi I have got the dash in bits steering cowling is off all side panels in boot off.

First thing I traced all stereo wires back into boot and found the relay put a voltage check on each wire on relay got life come to relay but when relay pluged back in it dont work. so i bridge two wires and everything works how they should so was thinking it must be on the switch side so i took the plug from the ignition put a wire in one of the reds and into the purple wire and all works plug it all back nothing works so it looks like the black plug on the switch is blown

hi is this what I might need to sort the electrics out on my car.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E39-5-SERIES-IGNITION-SWITCH-2000-523-/270645180937?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f03b5ba09#ht_500wt_922

were do we start, if your really ocd youl start with a good clay to remove pretty much everything you cant see on there

for a start try some autoglym super resin polish then go over with a wax are sealant. once you have done that no need to polish again for a few months just keep it topped up with your wax of choice say once a month to 6 weeks, longer if you get a good wax.

dont wash it with fairy liquid to , youl remove all your hard work :D

Every 6 weeks :o it took me over 2 hours the other day to wash and polish it I already use the auto gym polish on my classic's and a cheap polish on the wifes :D

I have just turned 43 and feel alot older :lol:

Just took the radio out again and put a volt meter on the accessory wire and no power is coming out all fuses is fine I am now thinking along the lines it could be the wires on the back of the ignition switch as the original radio stopped working that is why I fitted an after market one and got all the iso leads so no wires was cut

welcome to the forum

love estate cars me :D get some protection on that paint work though and fix that bumper :unsure:

can still make out your reg to by the way :huh:

the bumper is fine i was playing in photo bucket what can i put on it to protect the paintwork

that is the one there are cheaper ones on good old ebay but I really dont want to pay that much

that is what i was thinking for the price of my local dearler ship @£130 ph i can get 3 hours for that

I was told it could just be a very bad earth some where I have had it for 3 weeks now and now the after market radio has just stopped working you can still eject a cd but it wont turn on

The best thing the engine has only covered 46000 miles got all paperwork to prove the millage

welcome to the forum

get some piccies up of your zimmer fella

only a few

Hi has anyone got a tow bar to fit a e39 estate 1997 many thanks

Hi I have a 1997 e39 and have a few problems with it here goes:

1, Air bag light is on but goes out when you press the horn but horn dont blow.

2, Rear wash/wipe dont work.

3, Cruise controls and stereo controls dont work.

4, The tale tale light on gearstick is on all the time

5, The two sun visor mirror lights dont work bulbs ok but when you push the slide over the oyher inside lights come on and radio goes off and wont come back on until you switch engine off.

please can any one give me any light on this before I take it to main dealer to have a look many thanks. Henry

Hi my name is henry I have just bought a 523i touring 1997 e39 I have had a fair few bmw's in the past but now got this one and love it to bits.

I am from norfolk and have 4 kids