The "WTF is wrong with my E46 now?" thread.

[Coog]

Door card off for a look at the module. After that you're looking at replacing things

 

[Artoir]

Those fobs are an absolute balls.

I near lost a finger trying to prise mine open with a knife

 

[Antoin]

Had the door card off, removed the full harness and checked for any broken/ frayed wires to do with the airbags and no issues.
Whats the module @Coog ? Airbag unit?

 

[pablo]

Handbrake adjusted this morning. They are a fairly easy motor to work on - 15 mins had it done.

Cabin end or rear end?

 

[Coog]

Had the door card off, removed the full harness and checked for any broken/ frayed wires to do with the airbags and no issues.
Whats the module @Coog ? Airbag unit?

Yeah I was thinking the actual unit in the door. Not really sure what you do now mate

Cabin end or rear end?

Both.


Fitted one of those aux input cables from eBay yesterday too. Decent enough job for £12 or whatever it was.

 

[Antoin]

Success!!!!!
Drivers side airbag fixed by making up a wee tab out of an old credit card and installing into the airbag connector. It was broken off and its a safety feature to prevent accidental detonation.

I didn't do much with the belt tensioner except remove the wiring harness, blow out any connectors and checked the wiring for splits. Reassembled, cleared the codes and no more airbag light.

 

[Coog]

Happy days mate. Another item ticked off the list lol. Won't be long before she's 100%

 

[Antoin]

Happy days mate. Another item ticked off the list lol. Won't be long before she's 100%

You trying to jinx me Coog lol

 

[Coog]

Doesn't sound like you need jinxing lol

 

[ToDoRon]

Anyone know where to get these somewhere close. I don't fancy paying $39.00 (£25) and waiting a month for delivery.

Besian Systems




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Soft Vise Jaw Liners
Item # BS091, $15
Tool for Single & Double Vanos Rattle Repair Kit (6-cyl)

 

[pablo]

pretty sure I still have mine (newtownabbey). Ill check this eve

 

[svensktoppen]

What is £25 in the grand scheme of things, if it fixes the problem

 

[pablo]

you use them for about 10 seconds then will NEVER use them again

 

[ToDoRon]

What is £25 in the grand scheme of things, if it fixes the problem

It's not the 25 quid, it's the weeks of waiting for delivery from the US

 

[pablo]

sweet, sell you mine for 25 quid then

 

[Antoin]

Had this problem for a while and only just getting around to sorting it;

Error code 4704 Pre-supply pressure monitoring.

Im going to change the diesel filter as its not been done in my ownership and see if that helps. It'll do no harm even if it isn't it.
Next step will be new lift pump. Any other thoughts on what it may be?

EDIT; I should have mentioned the actual problem.... on heavy acceleration the car will accelerate and then cut power. The fault is showing that the supply pressure is dropping causing the cut in power.

 

[colin84]

Anyone ever get an e46 rear quarter replaced and painted? What sort of money?

 

[Coog]

Rust? There's 12 year warranty, I'd both mine replaced FOC through Bavarian.

 

[colin84]

Rust? There's 12 year warranty, I'd both mine replaced FOC through Bavarian.

No, sorry should have said it's damaged. Need to get a few estimates, but was curious to see if anyone had paid to have there's done with the amount of rusty ones out there.

 

[davey-dimples]

Guys,

My car sometimes feels like the front wheels aren't attached or have a mind of their own - particularly going over bumps or potholes its as if they wants to go all different directions.

Also sometimes get a clunk when going over bumps.

Car also pulls to the left even after 2 alignments with Kerrs

Google suggests steering rack is lose or knackered - anyone else experiences the same in an E46 or any other car and can suggest something? Its going to the mechanic sometime (hopefully this week) but I like to have an idea myself even if I wont be fixing it personally.

 

[Coog]

The ball joints on the lower control arms are pretty common wear item.

 

[davey-dimples]

The ball joints on the lower control arms are pretty common wear item.

Would that cause the issue with really lose steering?

 

[Phil_EK9]

Would that cause the issue with really lose steering?

They could yes, easy enough checked so you may as well try that first.

 

[pablo]

steering joint is common too. joins the steering column to the rack.

with the wheel straight give it small turns and see if the wheels actually move. If there is any slop then its a likely candidate.

 

[davey-dimples]

steering joint is common too. joins the steering column to the rack.

with the wheel straight give it small turns and see if the wheels actually move. If there is any slop then its a likely candidate.

Yes, there is much slop lol

Thought recently that our Troopers steering seems more responsive lol