Multiple Lighting Failures
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Originally Posted by porsche911targa' post='1073957' date='Dec 15 2009, 06:15 AM
You have to be kidding me. What the hell kind of engineers did BMW hire and why won't the government make them recall all these POS cars with an obvious fire hazard? Does anybody know which government agency we can contact to force a recall? From their own SIB, it appears that they need an extra ground wire in the cluster. For the E46 it is SIB 63 03 06, if you're interested in seeing their fix. Shame on BMW for not owning up to their design flaws and for charging customers $400 to fix their mistakes...... 
Yeah, but you called it perfectly, wow!!! I had no idea the E60 had this problem, I had heard of it in previous 3 series, but not in the 5 series. Makes me want to go check my lights too
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It will be interesting to see if the dealer will do the fix according to the E46 SIB, which calls for the installation of additional ground wires, or if the will only want to swap out the damaged harness.
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Originally Posted by robg' post='1073990' date='Dec 15 2009, 07:35 AM
It will be interesting to see if the dealer will do the fix according to the E46 SIB, which calls for the installation of additional ground wires, or if the will only want to swap out the damaged harness.
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Any update on this?
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