l1tech

Spending almost $600 on a guess sounds steep to me. I would pay to get it diagnosed

545felix

or search fleabay for a used one, make sure you get the LCI version though

MORI3L

Thanks!

Will look into it...although I think I would want to go new at this point...don't want to have to replace again in half of the normal time.

I was hoping someone here would take care of that....but if I cant figure it out then that's definitely what i'm going to do before I start buying more parts.

That's not a bad idea either



Does anyone know of a good indy shop in the West Covina or Norwalk area???

MORI3L

does anyone know where I can find these instructions? REP-64 11 324

MORI3L

For those wondering....I've replaced the AC Control unit with a used one (Thanks Pavrom!!) and the problem hasn't come back yet (Fingers crossed).

Also got to have a nice little coding session with Simon in the process of replacing this thing so at least some good came out of this!


Thanks everyone!

sanjsanj

auto ventilation under climate in the iDrive is switched off, right?

MORI3L

Yeah...it was switched off...as far as I can remember at least.

tnycman

I have the same issue that the A/C starts on its own out of nowhere, sometimes I shut it off and it comes back on almost immediately.. This happen once in a blue, so it never bothered me.

I kind an idea now as of what could it be thanks to you, but not ready to spend $500+ yet.

MORI3L

Just find a used control unit...mine was $160...i'm sure you could find one for less than $200....thats ONLY if the problem really bothers you...in my case...I was going nuts and it was really bad so I had to do it.

I also have a hunch that if you install a USED control unit that it doesn't require programming. But don't quote me on that

If I were you I would pay someone to look for faults. If its determined that your control unit is going bad then you can make the decision to do the swap. Also, its a VERY easy install. No need to pay someone to swap out the units.

Hope this helps.

MORI3L

So the problem is back

Theres a couple possibilities at this point...the first is that I recieved a used Control Unit that was on its way out.

The second is that its something completely different.

Thinking about taking this to the dealer now....anyone got any interesting ideas??