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That's actually a pretty good preventive measure - when I get some time, I'll take a look at mine. I've never had the "engine cover" off on mine (which doesn't have an engine) so it will be worthwhile, purely from that point of view. BTW - I hate to mention it again, but fob is a word, not an...

LCI is the upgrade that BMW made in 2017 (I believe it's the initials of a German language term, but I've never looked in any detail at what it stands for). Knowing that your car was first registered in 2017 doesn't answer the question of which side of the upgrade your car is on - it could be...

I've never experienced it myself, but according to posts on other forums, you can upset the power steering temporarily by turning the wheel (or applying pressure to the wheel) while the car is powering on. I'm just guessing, but it seems likely that there is a self-calibration process that...

Even though my car is 2021 spec, I can recognise some of the points he's making. My car is coded to run in Eco Pro by default, because I prefer the more relaxed accelerator mapping. My car is a little bit jumpy when hitting a bad bump mid-corner. Auto rain sensor often doesn't make sense. Wind...

I guess the OP should be pleased that - nine years later - someone still cares about him and his car!

Is your car pre- or post-LCI?

Ok, no problem. That's just a different interpretation of "plug and play". Typically if you have to change to a different size/shape of connector, move pins around in a connector (on both the FZD and the body control module) and install new wires between the two (i.e. from bulkhead area, up a...

Not quite plug and play - the connectors on the FZD are different if you have the ambient/LED lighting option. You can't just unplug one and plug in the higher spec version.

Is your car pre- or post-LCI? I was under the impression that no post-LCI cars had TJA in the UK. My 2021 car has Driver Assistance Plus and was built just before the Covid parts shortage - it does not have TJA.

What sort of roads do you normally drive on? I've had my car just over a year and my collision alert has only triggered four or five times, only ever on narrow single-lane-each way roads, and always in tight situations (e.g. once when passing through a narrow bridge on a single-lane road)...

If you haven't already, it would be worth reading the "Driver Assistance Systems" section of the product I01 technical manuals, as that section describes the system and shows the layout of the main parts on the windscreen. It seems likely that the "KAFAS camera heating" will involve wires...

I doubt that the lack of soundproofing was any less than a deliberate decision by BMW. Its main competence is as a city car. I have no doubt they did a trade-off: weight versus soundproofing - and decided that they didn't want the car to lug around kilos of soundproofing that their intended...

It's an intriguing subject, and it's good that we don't all have the same opinion on it, because it means that the science is always subject to scrutiny. But your statement "There is in fact no consensus in science that the earth is warming up due to human input" is only true to the extent that...

Where is the handbrake switch on your car?

What are you trying to do? The airbags (and other safety systems such as the seat belt tensioners) are controlled by the Advanced Crash Safety Module. It is under the centre console, almost exactly beneath the area where the handbrake switch is.

What are the exact terms of that warranty item? You may find that the terms rule out anything on the i3 that is likely to rust - because there are very few components on an i3 that can rust. VW, for example, have a nice long rust warranty, but it only covers the perforation of body panels from...

Yes - there are a couple of situations which will cause this to happen. Firstly if the battery SOC is below a certain low threshold it will start charging immediately - IIRC that threshold is 12% but I have never run my battery that low (because I mainly do short local journeys). Secondly, the...

There are a couple of other things that seem to give my car problems: One is sideways sunlight on any road with trees along it. The "striped" effect of the tree shadows across the road causes it to repeatedly speed up and slow down - not by much, but it causes a not-so-pleasant surging effect...

What do you mean by "it"? The camera? Something to mount the camera in? Adaptive cruise definitely requires the camera. I believe that the mounting area also includes a heating element built into the screen so that any misting on the area of glass in front of the camera can be cleared (by...

Always a difficult question to answer, because you know your own mechanical abilities and we don't. Superficially it should be relatively easy, because the panels are held on by clips, and these can easily be bought at a BMW dealer as replacement parts. However, the factor that we don't know...