2005 BMW 545i (Any help is greatly appreciated)
#1
I currently took my car into the BMW of San Antonio dealership because 3 lights were going off on my dashboard (Service Engine, Passenger Restraint, Passenger Airbag). After of 3 days of the car being there the SA tells me my car needs the positive battery cable replaced ($3,020), the thermostat replaced ($430), and the seat mat sensor replaced ($1,400). I picked up my car because that sounded a little sketchy to me, specially since I only have 80,000 miles on my 2005 BMW 545i. After a couple of hours of driving it the service engine light came back on and it said "Increased Emissions" on the screen this time. I turned my car off and once I came back to my car and turned it on it said low coolant level, so I checked underneath my car and sure enough the car was dripping coolant (which it hadn't done before). I opened my hood and sure enough there is coolant dripping out of what seems to be a connection at the very bottom on the coolant container. Any help for any of these problems?
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As for your air bag and seat sensor code it may not come back on again until someone sits in the passenger seat a certain way and opens the circuit once more.
Have someone read your codes after you fix the coolant leak.
Have someone read your codes after you fix the coolant leak.
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I have an '04 545i and had to replace the coolant expansion tank at around 85k miles as well...Did it myself and I agree with Allen, it was fairly straighforward and took about a half hour to 45 minutes. As for the other errors they can be symptoms of your battery.
Wasnt there a recall on the mat sensor??
Wasnt there a recall on the mat sensor??
#9
Thank you very much. I will indeed go buy the tank and install it myself tomorrow morning. Is it hard to take off and install that upper line that runs to the radiator (#11)? And about the recall on the mat sensor, unfortunately my VIN# does not lie within the ones that were recalled? As they say at the dealership. I don't know how they could recall 200,000 units just like mine (same year and model) but not most of them when it's clearly a problem.
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