MPM WENT ON FIRE!
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You have to be kidding me here...you "Googlers" are missing the bigger picture...
This site is all you need to Google!
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=21359
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39423
(and that's just from putting "MPM" in the Google box at the top of each page...)
And one more bit of advice...
If you have to keep replacing fuses, you should stop after the second one blows and figure out WTF is causing them to blow in the first place...
You have to be kidding me here...you "Googlers" are missing the bigger picture...
This site is all you need to Google!
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=21359
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=39423
(and that's just from putting "MPM" in the Google box at the top of each page...)
And one more bit of advice...
If you have to keep replacing fuses, you should stop after the second one blows and figure out WTF is causing them to blow in the first place...
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='455385' date='Aug 4 2007, 10:05 PM
Ja, that was very very funny (but then again, so was my ,,after the smoke clears`` line and no one seems to have gotten it 
)
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Plus, you have to admit that the "on fire with a hole in it" line kind of trumped you...) 
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='455409' date='Aug 5 2007, 12:15 AM
If you have to keep replacing fuses, you should stop after the second one blows and figure out WTF is causing them to blow in the first place...
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='455385' date='Aug 5 2007, 03:05 AM
Ja, that was very very funny (but then again, so was my ,,after the smoke clears`` line and no one seems to have gotten it )
)
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Its funny because I never checked back to see what happend in this post because i had fixed the problem. Heres the story:
We went to a concert and i had a cooler in my trunk, and apparently we forgot to take it out and it spilled. I thought i cleaned up the mess but there was about 2 inches of dirty water in my wheel well. To top it off, in the first generation 2004 530s the Idrive electrics were in the wheel well in the trunk, with no drain. So every time i started the car it would short circuit until finally it smoked and caught fire. Eventually i found this and realized it wasnt my idrive video mod but the MPM which controls when the idrive turns on and off. So for all 2004 5 series owners, DONT SPILL THINGS IN YOUR TRUNK. If you do, dont worry its about 200 bucks for the MPM and really easy to install, but that was a scary day for my car.
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We went to a concert and i had a cooler in my trunk, and apparently we forgot to take it out and it spilled. I thought i cleaned up the mess but there was about 2 inches of dirty water in my wheel well. To top it off, in the first generation 2004 530s the Idrive electrics were in the wheel well in the trunk, with no drain. So every time i started the car it would short circuit until finally it smoked and caught fire. Eventually i found this and realized it wasnt my idrive video mod but the MPM which controls when the idrive turns on and off. So for all 2004 5 series owners, DONT SPILL THINGS IN YOUR TRUNK. If you do, dont worry its about 200 bucks for the MPM and really easy to install, but that was a scary day for my car.
Mike
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Originally Posted by mk23169' post='455333' date='Aug 5 2007, 01:34 AM
I modded my nav screen and everything stopped working. To my knowledge my electrics were fine so i kept replacing fuses when my screen would shut off. Then i replaced a fuse today and i noticed smoke comming from my spare tire. I pulled everything out frantically t o find my my "MPM" on fire...Literally.. It has a huge hole in it. What do i do now? I have no idrive system but the car starts perfectly. BTW my trunk had about 2 inches of water in it probably from a spilled cooler. I am out of warranty with 51000 miles . Any advice would be great.
. Any advice would be great.I guess you have a big problem considering your "electrics" are fine and at the same time you kept on replacing fuses
..... First let me guess.... when the fuses kept on breaking off you went on with a smart idea and replaced one of them with a bigger fuse (higher AMPs).... please tell me you did that!!!!
then after you did that... this strage thing happenned..... smoke started being noticed from the trunk
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Originally Posted by wees75' post='504737' date='Dec 9 2007, 03:15 PM
I guess you have a big problem considering your "electrics" are fine and at the same time you kept on replacing fuses .....
First let me guess.... when the fuses kept on breaking off you went on with a smart idea and replaced one of them with a bigger fuse (higher AMPs).... please tell me you did that!!!!
then after you did that... this strage thing happenned..... smoke started being noticed from the trunk
..... First let me guess.... when the fuses kept on breaking off you went on with a smart idea and replaced one of them with a bigger fuse (higher AMPs).... please tell me you did that!!!!
then after you did that... this strage thing happenned..... smoke started being noticed from the trunk
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Seriously, If BMW is going to stash electrical components in the base of the trunk, they should be in a waterproof area. There are many ways that owners are getting water in the base of the trunk, its not unusual to do this and to have electrical components in this area, in my opinion is bad design. Spilled coolers, a bad trunk seal when washing the car, driving in high water situations, there are many ways to get a flood in the trunk area. A 10 dollar plastic waterproof box where the electronics are placed or situate the electrical components on the side of the trunk walls would allieviate this problem. For a car known for good design this is a bad one.
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