simon fisher

just another electronic fault to deal with. I have the yellow steering lock fault up on the dash and a message in the I drive telling me the car will not start but it does and the steering moves ok once the key is in. someone tell me whats going on please

did the codes and discovered it was the driver seat belt tensioner that had a broken wire, it had been cut by the seat as it had moved. all sorted now thanks just the rear parking sensor playing up now.

I have been told that BMW now do not label the second and third number as the engine size as was always the case. my friend has a 325D but according to them they were told it is a 3.0lt engine. also the 535d is a 3.0 lt diesel but it has 2 turbo's and not the single large one as the 530d. its confusing. I am still not convinced but don't use the dealers so can't confirm but apparently this is the case so I've been told.

the saga continues with my 530d. yesterday the seat belt light and airbag light came on when my wife was in the car and stayed on regardless of the fact her seat belt was plugged in. did some checking and cleaned contacts in the seat pad sensor connection but to no avail. I have purchased a by pass device off Ebay to fit in the hope the problem is either the passenger of drivers seat pad indicating someone is in the seat without a belt on. anyone else had this issue before as it appears common from the comments on internet. also anyone had experience of these seat pad emulators. cheers Simon

Yes it is a remap, now up to 296bhp or thereabouts can't recall but close to 300 anyway with 500nm of torque. yes it does go like a stabbed rat when required.

E61 530d tuned I average 42.2mpg but at a steady 55mph for a 80mile journey my average for that one trip was at 62mpg. bored out my brain though but worthwhile experiment. note I get better fuel economy from mainstream garages, BP, Shell etc and only get 38 from supermarket diesel. pay more but get further.

Chris as for the tyre pressure monitoring this shouldn't be affected as its the tyre pressure not the tyre, you will need to keep the same profile etc as this is important. as for the lack of spare. many new cars don't have a spare and I belive that it is not a legal requirement. check with the AA or RAC type orgs to be sure.

all glow plugs were new in the last 6 months, had the codes cleared as it had apparently not done a full regen itself. lets hope that is all it was.

steve. what do you mean "throttle pot" as although I'm fairly good on stuff I am a little confused as to what you mean. where do I find it and do you have any pics of this item I can check please. also noticed a slight occassional misfire at idle but fine on normal run. could this also be a EGR potential fault? need to get fixed even if i do move it on as wouldn't sell a troubled car.

they were all cleared when the new dpf fitted so as nothing else has shown on the system I guess only the dpf failure. looking at audi A6.

genuine, at £1600.00 of genuine BMW version. looking at changing it as totally !Removed! off with the thing. spent over 6k in the past 3 months on new torque converter, new front suspension arms, new DPF and sensors, new donut in the propshaft and now had enough of the car. reckon i should go back to an older car I can fix without daft electronics. can't understand it.

can't ruddy believe it. only 3 weeks since a new genuine DPF fitted and there is now yet another DPF failure message. changed all the sensors with the new filter so ow just had enough of it. any help is much appreciated as at the point of binning BMW for good. advice welcome.

yeah, checked the seats and no wires to a element so leaving well alone.

I thought I'd ask the group. I have a SE spec 530D Touring 55 plate. it has leather seats but no heated seats. do they existing seats have the filaments in them and can they wired up or not. if not them I am not going to bother but if they do I may get round to connecting the element and having a warmer bum on these cold mornings.

yes I am aware but decided to follow the as original route.