20 Most Recent 1995 BMW 5 Series - Page 8 Questions & Answers

On the inside trim, you can remove screws (these screws may be covered by filler pieces or may be visible, or they may require you pry a plastic piece off that covers the screws) that are by the door handle, arm rest, under door and side of door and then gently pull back on the panel as there will also be retaining clips attached and you don't want to break them. You'll need to lift the door panel upwards in order to get it off the window ledge. Then you'll need to manipulate the panel and disconnect the door handle linkage from the door handle and disconnect the wiring for your controls.

there are two screw you need to loosen before you can take that door panel off, they both are hidden under a screw cap, one is on the panel handle, and another one is behind the lever where you pull to open the door from inside. take off them caps you will see the screw, one is regular philip screw, and the other one inside the handle is special star screw, that require special screw driver to remove. also if you have a tweeter speak mounted above that panel, it's better for you to remove that also.

Replace the thermostat first,it is located in the housing that the top rad hose goes to,sounds like it's not opening when it's up to temp.

Check Engine light is on.
Engine computer or PCM/ECM
All modern vehicles have a computer or the ECM (Electronic Control Module) that controls the operation of the vehicle powertrain (the engine and transmission). The main purpose of this is to keep the engine running at top efficiency with the lowest possible emissions. With constantly growing demands for better fuel economy and new strictest emission regulations it's not very easy to achieve. The engine parameters need to be constantly and precisely adjusted according to various conditions such as speed, load, engine temperature, gasoline quality, ambient air temperature, road conditions, etc. That's why today's cars have much more electronics than in early days - there is a large number of various sensors and other electronic devices that help the vehicle computer or ECM to precisely control the engine and transmission operation and monitor emissions.
The vehicle computer system has self-testing capability. When the computer senses that there is a problem with some of the components it stores the correspondent trouble code(s) in its memory and lights up the "Check Engine" or "Service Engine Soon" light to tell you that there is a problem and your car needs to be looked at. To properly diagnose what is wrong, you need to take your car to a mechanic or a dealer. The technician at the dealership or a garage will then hook up the scanner to the car computer and retrieve the stored trouble code(s). Then he (she) will look it up in the service manual provided by a car manufacturer. The service manual contains the list of possible codes (about few hundreds) and describes what each code means and what needs to be tested. The code itself doesn't tell exactly what component is defective - it only indicates where to look, what engine parameter is out of normal range. The technician will have to perform further testing to pinpoint a defective part.

check for any obstructing rain/weather strips along the short sides of the sun roof that may be obstructing the glass, another test you can do is where the sunroof switch is located there is a greater piece of the headliner that you can pry off. there you will see the motor of the sunroof. Use a 7mm alan tool to manually open the sunroof so you can observe any obstructions.

Had the same problem, My issue had to do with the door locks? I guess the door locks are tied into the ignition for security purpose. I had to get out and close the door put the key in the drivers door, lock it and than unlock it (make sure all the door lock knobs go down and up) than it started right up.
Strange I know but it has to do with some type of security issue?

At the front of the seat are two clips. Lift these and the whole back seat will lift out and you can get to the battery

There is an adjustment so that the chain can be tightened

See the owners manual

Are you loosing any water from the radiator or fill up tank?
I would change the Thermostat for starters. they are not expensive and most of the time are the cause of a car overheating.

Sounds like a cooling fan are not turning on. Assuming you have an electric cooling fan. It could be something simple like a fuse or a relay which is stopping the fans from working, or it could be something as bad as the motor burning out on the fan.

flushing the radiator might not be enough to remove the water scales inside the small cavities...have it opened and cleaned thoroughly. In the location where I live they remove the top and the bottom part of the radiator and put a flat wire in and out into each of the flat tubes to dislodge the accumulated scales and dirt out. hope this helps

Hi, If you have the original manual pocket of the car it will be there it is a small like a credit card. If the pocket is missing the only place you could obtain the code is to get it to BMW itself. I have a 7 series BMW and it is in that manual pocket and at the glove compartment. I hope this info might help you solve the problem.

HH

could be or maybe a bad fuel pump

you might have a blown head casket try due a pressure test on each cylinder and sometimes you can take a spark plug out 1 by 1 and just tap the ket so it cranks and see if water comes out of the cylinder

Is the clutch hydraulic or mechavicle? If hyd, ck fluid and pump clutch several times rrimes

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. $$$

Check the fuses. If they are in good shape then the problem is the wires to the pump

Remove the radio and get the serial number off the back of the radio itself.. BMW should be able to translate the # into radio code

Pull out the radio (on each side there is a little allen head screw loosen them) and look usually on the back of the radio there is a serial number, it might be on the side. Call your nearest BMW dealer and ask for parts, give them the serial number and they should be able to look it up for you.