20 Most Recent 1997 BMW 7 Series Questions & Answers

these cars are very complex--buy a haynes manual for troublshootn--du a scan that runs a data stream and never ever bringit to a dealer

I think you should go for repair manual first. After that you can easily repair your car by yourself.I had visited this site past 2 months before for my vehicle and find it quite helpful may be you will also get something useful here.They offer cheap prices and also discount too Best Manuals

1998 bmw 740il My personal suggestion would be to go for these repair catalogs. I know this website reliable-store that i used to buy them from, and they sold online it was very good manual. Go ahead, I bet.

Hi,from what you are discribing it could be that the starter has got stuck and that has coused a overload,and the current that gose from the battery to the startermotor has coused the cable to heat up which would couse the smoking,hope this was some help.

The standard method to reset the sunroof is to press and hold the sunroof button for about 10 seconds. Car should be running or ignition in position 2.

TRY disconnecting battery for a while, should reboot system or use diagnostic equipment to reprogram factory settings, this normally works.

Its either the rain gutter under the hood that's clogged or weather striping on right side door check it out. Take a look hope this is helpful good luck. Kcp

if the check engine light is on there is a code in the computer that you will have to have pulled then you will have an idea of where to start your diagnoses. without the code you have no where to start.

BMW523i after replacing both fuel level senders for fuel gauge, on board computer shows trans failsafe appears from time to time. Can anyone help?

HIYA I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE A MULTICHANGER IN IT AT THAT AGE THAT SHOULDNT STOP IT WORKING MABY CHECK IF THE FUSE FOR THE RADIO IS OK FIRST IF THATS OK TAKE THE HEAD UNIT OUT AND CHECK ALL THE CONNECTIONS MABY SOMEONE HAD AN AFTERMARKET CD PLAYER FITTED BEFORE

There is a known issue with the Idle Air Control Valve (IAC), if you put a scanner on the vehicle that has the capability of reading Numbers... Look at the IAC and it should be around 20, if it is around 100, you IAC is not working properly.

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may be you should make a diagnostic and you can do it in a garage or you can do it by yourself if you want to do it by yourself you need some tools and you can find some good ones here: spobd2.com