Top 20 2000 BMW Z3 - Page 3 Questions & Answers

your drain plug under the floor is a rubber plug and it could have came out, to look for it look under your car on pass. side floor board and check to see if the plug fell out. Also this happens when the seel on the lower corner of the winsheild is not seeled or is missing some of the windsheild caulk in that corner. This happened to my car and it was the corner of the windsheild causing the problem. Hope this helps you and good luck.

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check fuses after that not diy

80,000miles or 5 yrs

I think that warning is theTransmission malfunction indicator. I suggest you to bring your car to BMW cervice center

This site should help you.
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You'll want to check the relay by exchanging two of them side to side. If all of a sudden your top works but your car won't start.....need I say more? Good luck my friend, Dana

Most likely it's your fan. When you hear this do you have the AC or vent on? try turning it off a bit before you turn off the engine.

the only way is to remove the door panel and unbolt the window from the window track and then wedge it up with something. or if you are good with electrical i can walk you through a test to find ot if the motor or the switch is bad. if it is the switch we can jump it and get the window up. if it is the motor my first option is the only way! also one thing that work sometimes is banging the bottom of the inside of the door towards the front whie holding the window switch up and you may get it to go up one last time or get it to work for a while!

let me know if you want me to walk you throug the test. you will need a test light and two jumper wires! good luck

i assume your talking about the windows??if so locate the rubber boot going from the door to the fender and try wiggling it while pushing the switich with the key on.the problem is usually in this harness where it pivots each time the door is opened.

Check the fuse and relay under the hood to see if any of them are faulty...

most likly an electrical problem. These cars have these types of problems.

There are 4 bolts holding all car seats if you can get at least 2 off than you should be alright as long as you can squees a hacksaw or dremel to be able to cut along the seat rail that will remove the seat so you have access to the other 2.

There are a number of switches that need to be closed in order for the motor to operate. In particular there's a microswitch in the hood just above the left-hand seat which makes sure the motor doesn't operate until the hood has been lifted slightly.

My hood stopped working and I found the cable to the microswitch had been cut by the hood mechanism. Replacing the cable solved the problem.

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check any fuses

make sure the arm is connected from the conv. top motor to the convetible top. It is located behind the drivers seat by the door jam.

Bushings in seat are shot. See this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM4KSnA58EI

may have to adjust switch or replace

you might have a air leak to the inlet manifold call the pcv valve