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Susan Harris Posted on Apr 28, 2012

I am too short to see over the hood in the 2011 BMW 528i. Can the seat be raised more?

The power seat will not go high enough to allow me to comfortably see over the hood -- I have never experienced this in any car including Lexus, Mercedes, etc...Is there a special seat adaptor that can raise it higher? Is their an aftermarket device that will raise the seat higher?

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The seat will only go as high as it does. Very sorry to say there is an aftermarket device, it's called a booster seat. We have some ladies that put a pillow (cushion?) on the seat to get a little extra height.

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  • Posted on May 19, 2009

SOURCE: 1995 BMW 525i seat height motor works on one side of seat only

there are 2 cables that come out of the motor that operates that feture. Over time the outsdie tube of the cable streaches, causing the cable that turns inside, to come out of the transmission is drives. One way to fix this is to remove this cable and shoren the outside tube by cutting it, and then re-insall back into the transmission. This is a 50/50 chance repair. The correct way to cure this issue is to replace the lower seat frame. $$$

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 13, 2009

SOURCE: The seat on my BMW gets all twisted when I try to

perhaps this would help http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/miales/seatcablesfix.htm and do not paid the thousand that the dealer ask for it.

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  • Posted on Nov 07, 2009

SOURCE: 1998 bmw 528i battery died. How can I unlock the

coathanger job ,or put some jumper leads one to the chassis and the positive to the starter motor terminal feed ,something clicks here ??but my memory has faded a bit ,iam sure that somewhere on the rear of the vehicle is a connection for a power supply to work the locks to open the vehicle or evan charge the battery .Cant recall properly but i think i pulled a cover off a light or something then put a 12v supply to open the vehicle

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 28, 2009

SOURCE: i have a broken hood latch for a 1999 bmw 528i.

grip cable with a vicegrip and pull

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  • Posted on Dec 23, 2009

SOURCE: I have 97 BMW 528i. Car would not start about a

have your charging system checked to make sure alternator is charging to specs, also make sure no light are left on, (trunk light ,glove box mirror light.it sounds like you may have a draw somewhere, may be alternator or something is on, hope this is helpful.

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