BMW Owners - HELP!!!

[Jackster]

Im hoping someone can help me as my car is out of action still, i have been using the BMW to get to work. I pulled up to traffic lights on route this morning and the car stalled, i had no electrics what so ever, no dash lights, no hazard lights, but the car made a strange almost silent beepy alarm noise (sorry thats the best way i can explain it) every time i tried to turn the key, apart from that there was still nothing, is this an immobilizer thats kicked in? or something else. The car will start once its jumped started and the car is running but as soon as the ignition is turned off, theres nothing again exept for the beepy noise when trying to get it to start. Edited September 6, 2005 by Jackster

[Jackster]

Anybody? Please!!!

 

If it is the immobiliser and ideas how much something like this would cost to get sorted.

[Mike C]

cheapest fix is take it to the scrapyard

 

BMW will charge you more than the car´s worth to get a radio code

[Jackster]

Funny you should say that the radio fcuked up aswell and needs a code that we dont have,lol.

 

Cant take it to scrap yard as it aint my car.

[Jackster]

Can any other BMW drivers shed some light on what it might be?

 

Id really appreciate any help or advice thats given, well other than the scrap it comments and get an escort as i already have one of those and thats not working either, lol.

 

I really dont have any luck.

 

I really hope Sittingbourne gets bombed as soon as i get home and blows up all the unhelpfull people that didnt help me this morning, ar$eholes.

[Mike C]

I really hope Sittingbourne gets bombed as soon as i get home and blows up all the unhelpfull people that didnt help me this morning, ar$eholes.

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they'd help u if u drove an Escort

[Jackster]

That isnt really helping since my car is out of action., most people would just stop and stare well i know from experience thats all they do when the escort blew up.

[Mike C]

That isnt really helping since my car is out of action., most people would just stop and stare well i know from experience thats all they do when the escort blew up.

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in all honesty, I would of course stop if it was ANYONE I knew or if it was anyone who looked particularly struggling or in a sticky spot

 

otherwise, as 99.9% of people, I wouldn't stop

[Jackster]

The car stopped in the middle of a crossroads at some traffic lights, of all the places just to conk out and only 2 minutes away from my work aswell. At least if the place gets bombed i dont have to worry about how im gonna get to work tomorrow, lol.

[Mike C]

The car stopped in the middle of a crossroads at some traffic lights, of all the places just to conk out and only 2 minutes away from my work aswell.  At least if the place gets bombed i dont have to worry about how im gonna get to work tomorrow, lol.

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they're the ones i imagined, lol. Surely someone would have at least shouted thru the window to check what the problem was well actually no they wouldnt cos of the car

[K3V HA]

Could be the ISCV.....oh wait a min, its not an escort!!

 

Jackster, no idea at all TBH, but why dont ya log on to e36coupe.com and ask em there.

[Jackster]

No need, had a good look before i was just about to go home a minute ago and its just the battery connector worked its way loose. Thanks anyway.

[sidrick]

Stick a new battery in. Problem solved.

[Jackster]

Battery is fine, just a connector that worked its way loose.

Thank fcuk i looked and didnt just payout for a garage to give it a computer scan, would have looked completely blonde, hahaha

[Mike C]

would have looked completely blonde, hahaha

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no, just like your average BMW driver