20 Most Recent 1989 BMW 5 Series - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Assuming your battery is good (go to Walmart and have them check it for you; they do this for free) the most likely cause is a light bulb in the glove box, interior light, under the hood, door ajar indicator or trunk that does not turn off when it is not needed. Try pulling various fuses each night when you park the car. The night the battery does not die you will want to focus on the system those fuses control as that is where your problem is.

All depends on how fast you were going at the time the belt snapped, but normally YES

try changing the thermostat, it may be stuck open

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Your sending unit is defective or the float has a hole in it and is causeing it not to register right, you can use an ohm meter to test this and if you have one post here and I will tell you how to test it. And the gauge.

could be either just fit a recon unit

That is actually very weird, I haven't seen anything like that before in all my years. Maybe some wiring inside your car is bad or loose. Or maybe the car was just made bad. In every 1000 cars, 1 truns out to be bad, and you could have that one bad one. But other than that, you should have a mechanic take a look at that, he might be ale to help.

Good Luck!

Fuel pressure regulator, Happens once and a while. Replace it and the fuel will hold pressure again.

Check the solenoid on the starter motor - it makes a clicking sound both when the battery's low and when the solenoid's bad.

Get a AA battery, solder a wire ti each end. This is called a "popper"
Hold one wire of the AA on one speaker wire. Tap the other AA wire to the other speaker wire. The speaker will make a "popping" noise. Mark the wire as to the location, and so on. To determine polarity (- or +) you must be able to see the speaker. If it jumps UP when you "pop" it, look at the polarity of the AA battery.
That is the proper polarity of the wires. If it sucks IN, when you "pop" it........you're backwards. If this is over you're head......$30 @ a stereo store and it's over!.....Have fun.

Your door is what is known as 'dead locked'. There is a small servo motor which controls each door lock. When these motors go they lock up and make it impossible to open the door. Here is the procedure. This is for a rear door but the process is virtually the same for a front door.

If you take your master key and put it in the driver's door lock. While turning the key to the left, lift upon the door handle simultaneously. It may take you a few tries, but it should do the trick.

hi surjtitkaur. check the radio supply relay on the o/s/r boot compartment if relay ok could be the amplifire foult. good luck

engine could be seized...:( sorry...or a hose could have blown (radiator) and hurt or disconnected a main electrical line ...check fuses battery and cables..there is a bulkhead power junction on firewall high rt. side(passenger) immediately next to engine..battery located under back seat passenger side...first thing though..make sure you can turn the motor over by hand (breaker bar on nut at crank pulley) to determine if it is not siezed...good luck

Ihad this problem. the cable was louse inside the cable end. had to replace it

It is normally on the left front part of the engine bay. On right hand drive anyway. It should not be hard to find. It's normally a brown coloured flask shapped bottle with a black cap.
You will need ATF fluid to top it up. Don't delay anymore. You may alread have done damage to the steering rack. The rack is obviously leaking so keep an eye on the fluid & if you're topping up more than once every couple of weeks then it's time to have it looked at by a pro as the rack will need replacing.

Best of luck :)

I have the same problem - Drivers door windows wing mirrors and drivers door lock not working also air bag light on. The car has been to a BMW specialist for over a week as the drivers door dead locked.
The mechanic used his diagnostic gadget which showed a problem with the drivers door. All other doors windows locks work except drivers door. Has check the power supply to the drivers door switch all ok. Is the problem with this internal window control switch and how does this affect the drivers door lock?
Please Please help

automatic(fluid low,smoked valve body, need rebuild) or 6 speed manual trans (clutch issue)