First post to this NG.  My '99 328i with 42K miles has finally had its first
hick-up.  Last week upon a 30 mile trip in moderate heat I had my AC On.  AC
in this car was perfect.  Upon exiting the freeway and stopping at the first
light, my engine shut off and CEL came on.  When I ...

I've got a BMW 7 Series and when i started it the other day it didnt start
easily and when it was moving it just wasnt revving. I stopped and tried
revving the engine a bit but the needle barley moved - what could be wrong
with the car.

hi - I had a flat in my passenger front 2003 bmw 325.  the tire was
replaced but the flat tire warning light kept going off every 10 miles
or so.  i would just hold the button down till it went off.  i thought
it was the tire pressure so i set the pressure right in all the tires

I have a '92 525i with the standard BMW radio/cd head. Recently the right
channel sounds "scratchy" and when you turn the volume knob it makes loud
pops, only in the right channel. Is the volume pot dirty or is there
something else causing the problem? Thanks!

I was called upon today to get from one meeting to another. The person I
was attending with (a hospital director) has a company-provided, top of
the range Mondeo (ST-whatever it is, the go-faster sort), but as I don't
like being driven by people whose driving I don't know, I ...

I thought I had a wheel bearing going as my car is noisy when it moves
off from cold. It sounded so like a wheel bearing that I asked my mech
to do it. He pointed out the noise stops once the car has done a few
miles and checked with a BMW mech who said it was the differential and

Can anyone recommend an independent garage or mechanic with good BMW
experience in the Bristol (UK) area?
Any comments gratefully appreciated ... I have some work that needs
doing :-(

hi, guys thanks for the help with the alarm  now for a different problem!!
fuel gauge goes to full and stays there. i,v changed the sender still the
same. any help will be greatly recieved also if any one in north wet
england has a manual for sale let me know. cheers

   I was wondering, how much would a nice 740iL (I'm partial to 1999's) run
for?
TIA,
BILL

I have a question about steering wheel that was a standard in E36 coupe in
years 92-98.
I've seen some E36s Coupe built in those years in the market and in auction
services, and what was interesting there were several types of steering

  The interior panels (Doors, wall panels by the back seat, headliner, and
rear deck) in my E36 1993 325IS are driving me nut! They look like crap. The
material (Vinyl?) on the doors looks to be in decent shape, however it is
coming off of the backing board AGAIN! (I use "board" ...

I just got a 1982 633csi it ran well but has been garaged for a year and
wont start.It had a rat living under the hood that liked wires and hoses.I
checked all the fuel lines and filters and most of the wirwes I can see but
still no gas.I could use any help  thks  

I have a 97 740IL that needs new catalytic converters.  You can buy
after-market cats on the net, but they won't ship them to California.
The BMW dealers say you need to buy BMW cats, which cost TWICE as much.
Has anyone ever put non CA cats on their BMW and then pass a

I guy who works for me was trying to sell his son's car.  He placed an add
in Auto Trader and received a call from a guy saying he was interested in
buying the car.  The sale price of the car was $16k.
They don't hear from the buyer and decided to trade the car towards a

I am newbe to cars.. i bought this second hand BMW 525i 1990 model. The
problem with this car is it tends to sway to the left when i am driving
straight and so i have to be very carefull when driving... when i went
to a near by garage he changed tie rods and a couple of other things ...