juniorsantana13
01-12-2014, 02:14 AM
Ok fellas, just like the title i recently purchased a 540i. Im having several issues right now with the car. Now im new to this forum and a newb to a bmw, GTO owner, and happily joining the BMW family so please bear with me. Ok first issue i noticed when purchased the car taillights flicker, stereo flickers and sometimes even turns off only when i slide the slider on the mirror passenger side. The airbag light sometimes on and off but most times it flickers. My low beam has some sort of issue going on, it turns on fine sometimes and then sometimes it doesn't come on and i have to turn the headlight dial back and forth till it comes on, but when it does come on it stays on (driver side). My steering wheel does not tilt, the controls on steering wheel dont work at all and the seat controls don't work either. My driver window just today, goes down but wont come up at all you can hear the motor winding but wont go up. The car has been working fine since purchase but today randomly the car would not start! So i took the GTO, I came home later and BAM! car started right up, like nothing was wrong. My dash has some worn pixels but i know the issue with that relies in the back so im not worried. The check engine light is on, now i know there can be so many things to make this happen but i hear sort of a small tap going on? i hear this is normal with these cars to hear but need to be assured that tapping noise is normal (listen on video) hopping just timing chain tensioner replacement to reduce noise. I also have an idea its the ignition switch not activating right when i turn the key thus causing some lights on dash to come on like the airbag. The other lights that come on are traction control, brake and ABS. Now the weird thing is that everyone says its the left rear wheel sensor, the thing is sometimes the lights stay off don't even come on sometimes but the speedometer does not work at all! Thus forcing me to think it is the wheel sensor. Also on top i mentioned the car did not start one morning then started later, well when i thought it wasnt a battery issue today just now 9:58 pm, the car wouldnt start again. This time it cranked weak so i figured the battery, earlier in the morning there was no weak crank or noise what so ever just flickering. So WTF?:confused Please help me to the best of your knowledge these are alot of things wrong with the car and want to make it as least expensive as possible i know sounds ironic its a BMW, but i mean by replacing parts i didnt have to because it was actually another issue. I made this video for all these issues to help you guys out copy and paste botton URL. :buttrock
Youtube URL: http://youtu.be/sU1kO6dnY90
Youtube URL: http://youtu.be/sU1kO6dnY90