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Hi shadowface and Gloco, Regarding the glo plugs - ill shop around. Currently not using the car as much but she starts fine when we go out. The wiper seems to be a bigger project - fuse checked, relay checked. I have looked at the wiring but yeah I'll borrow a probe off someone. When I have time to do a proper look of the car rather than snatch time here and there ill let you know the outcome. Grace

Hi all, I'm Grace and I'm from Cambridge (that sounded way to game showy in my head)

Thought I'd say hi. I'm a newbie too and the only one of my female friends who has a Beemer. Great to know there are other females out there enjoying their car :)

Hi both, Well the wiper first - sorry I wasn't clear, it is my rear wiper so it's not as bad as the front not working. Apparently they set it up to the diagnostics and they said nothing came up about the motor, which I find a little odd but maybe it's worth me trying to look at the wiring? I do have rain sensor wipers (obviously on the front)and these work fine - when I say fine, on the rain sensor motor it is a little intermittent when working. The rear wiper is not working at all. It was a little intermittent but then just gave up. With regards to the glow plugs - again this came up on the diag test. The garage said that they needed to be done as on cold days he reckoned the car had trouble starting - jeez doesn't every car when it gets cold? So other than the garage recommending that it needs doing I don't really know how else I can check. Any ideas? It is a huge amount of money and I have recently forked out for five tyres (no I'm not an idiot - one of the new tyres managed to get a nail through it and was not fixable after three weeks of being on the car) not really wanting to spend loads of money on the car if I can investigate things myself - but a little advice on the issues would be cool. Thanks Grace

Hi all, Great to find this site. Now I am hoping some lovely people can help me. I own a 55 120d - which I will add I love. Now I recently went to have it in for a service (by a service this one is a look under the bonnet and that's it pretty much). They hooked it up to the diagnostics as I have had problems with my rear wiper. So two things - the glow plugs need changing - is this quite a simple job to do? The garage want to charge approx £200 for new set of glow plugs and labour. Has anyone done this? Secondly has anyone had a problem with their rear wiper not moving? I had thought that it was the motor as there is no sound being emitted when trying to engage the rear wiper and also I have had difficulties getting into the boot which I understand is a problem due to the wiper. I had checked as best I could for the wiring and I have checked the fuse. What are people's thoughts on this? Any similar experiences? If so how did you fix this? Any information is greatly appreciated. I am willing ( though maybe not a good thing) to tinker with the car if its possible to do so. Cheers