Electric motor sounds when car is off - normal?
02-14-2005, 07:54 PM
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I was washing our other vehicle last weekend (after washing the 530 of course 
) and I noticed the sound of small electric motors/actuators/servos coming from the BMW. My key was inside the house nowhere near the car. I have noticed these sounds before.
I'm not too worried about this as I haven't had any electrical problems but I was wondering what they were.
Anybody know?
Nick
) and I noticed the sound of small electric motors/actuators/servos coming from the BMW. My key was inside the house nowhere near the car. I have noticed these sounds before.I'm not too worried about this as I haven't had any electrical problems but I was wondering what they were.
Anybody know?
Nick
02-14-2005, 08:10 PM
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Hey McFly 
That'z your SMG pump getting ready. The car knows (or thinks) you are getting ready to fire it up. That'z whay its doing that. Do you rather sit in the car and wait for pressure to build up before you can leave 
It will also release the pressure if after you leave for a while... figure there ain't gonna be action for a while.
check it out
And quit reading this board so you can be paranoid at everything on your car
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That'z your SMG pump getting ready. The car knows (or thinks) you are getting ready to fire it up. That'z whay its doing that. Do you rather sit in the car and wait for pressure to build up before you can leave It will also release the pressure if after you leave for a while... figure there ain't gonna be action for a while.
check it out
And quit reading this board so you can be paranoid at everything on your car cheers,
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02-14-2005, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by beewang' date='Feb 15 2005, 12:10 AM
Hey McFly ? That'z your SMG pump getting ready. The car knows (or thinks) you are getting ready to fire it up. That'z whay its doing that. Do you rather sit in the car and wait for pressure to build up before you can leave
It will also release the pressure if after you leave for a while... figure there ain't gonna be action for a while.
check it out? And quit reading this board so you can be paranoid at everything on your car
cheers,
beewang
? That'z your SMG pump getting ready. The car knows (or thinks) you are getting ready to fire it up. That'z whay its doing that. Do you rather sit in the car and wait for pressure to build up before you can leave It will also release the pressure if after you leave for a while... figure there ain't gonna be action for a while.
check it out
? And quit reading this board so you can be paranoid at everything on your car cheers,
beewang
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Originally Posted by nickferr' date='Feb 14 2005, 11:54 PM
I was washing our other vehicle last weekend (after washing the 530 of course? ) and I noticed the sound of small electric motors/actuators/servos coming from the BMW.? My key was inside the house nowhere near the car.? I have noticed these sounds before.
I'm not too worried about this as I haven't had any electrical problems but I was wondering what they were.
Anybody know?
Nick
) and I noticed the sound of small electric motors/actuators/servos coming from the BMW.? My key was inside the house nowhere near the car.? I have noticed these sounds before.I'm not too worried about this as I haven't had any electrical problems but I was wondering what they were.
Anybody know?
Nick
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02-15-2005, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by beewang' date='Feb 15 2005, 12:39 AM
Yeah Baby!!
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Originally Posted by nickferr' date='Feb 16 2005, 05:45 AM
[quote name='beewang' date='Feb 15 2005, 12:39 AM']Yeah Baby!!
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