320D E90

Justintime · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:50

Its erroring 100% now on both keys as soon as the fob is in the slot. However, the older looking 'well used' fob seemed to make that racheting sound sometimes whilst with the newer looking one you can clearly hear the lock for the steering engage and disengage like butter and the car starts everytime, the lock works fine without me touching the wheel so its not jamming but the error comes up, i wonder if the error is not being cleared but was caused by the other fob somehow or if a sensor is naf? Dealer asked me to come in Saturday morning.

Justintime · 17 Oct 2009 at 12:55

Dealer is ordering a new steering column and hopefully by next weekend it'll be sorted.

The mechanic said hes done 6 cars this year with the same issue and knows of other BMW dealership mechanics with the issue.

Dave L · 17 Oct 2009 at 15:38

Pics of your car?

You need blackline rear lamps.......

Dave L · 17 Oct 2009 at 15:39

And make sure you get yourself registered over at http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22

Goldmine for info etc, some good meets too.

Justintime · 17 Oct 2009 at 16:24

Steering lock error

Dusty passenger seat, must kill father :mad:

Dave L · 17 Oct 2009 at 18:13

Yep, get some blackline rear lamps and then some 18" MV3 wheels.........

And then the Alpine ICE upgrade.

[TW]Fox · 17 Oct 2009 at 18:49

Yeoch, forgot how totally bland the SE models look inside and out especially with those flat cloth seats. It'll be a fantastic workhorse but.... M Sport really makes the car.

Justintime · 14 Nov 2009 at 12:01

Just an update, finally got the column in last weekend. Touch wood i've had no other issue and it seems to be working fine now. I've made inquiries into the alpine upgrade, the stock system really is not cutting it as a daily driver.

Big-Mac-Please · 14 Nov 2009 at 16:12

Going to get some new wheels next?

Tinders · 14 Nov 2009 at 17:40

[TW]Fox;15080249 said:
It had its midlife facelift only 12 months ago?

There is no new 3 Series scheduled until at least 2012.

Really? that means the current model will have been out for 8 years, I know its had a facelift, but does seem like a lot longer than the E46 (99-04 ish?)

I must admit the LCI model does look a lot better.

[TW]Fox · 14 Nov 2009 at 17:57

Tinders said:
Really? that means the current model will have been out for 8 years, I know its had a facelift, but does seem like a lot longer than the E46 (99-04 ish?)

I must admit the LCI model does look a lot better.

The E46 was 1998-2005. 7 years. E39 was 1996-2003 - 7 years. E60 2003-2010 - you guessed it, 7 years.

E90 is 2005-2012. 7 years.

Dave L · 14 Nov 2009 at 19:35

Justintime said:
I've made inquiries into the alpine upgrade, the stock system really is not cutting it as a daily driver.

Best £300 you'll spend inside the car.