About Evan Slater Expertise All 1999 model year and newer. Don't know much about pre OBD2 stuff. E46 and newer I am Especially good with late models. I NEED YEAR & MODEL OF VEHICLE! when asking questions. Please give last seven digits of the VIN number. Please give as much background info as possible when asking questions. Please read past questions and answers to avoid duplicate questions.
Experience 6 years automotive experience and 3+ years working as a Dealership Master Technician. Will offer dealership Technician perspective with knowledge of common failures/problems, part weaknesses, Service Bulletins, and Improved components. Will not give tipical Dealer Bull
Organizations Current BMW dealership Master Technician
Education/Credentials Graduate UTI Phoenix 2002 (won 9 out of 15 possible top student awards) BMW STEP Graduate 2004, Over 90% average on BMW ACT competition question for 3 years. BMW Master Technician Level 4 with Master Tech training. ASE Master Certified Technician.
BMW Repair - 1999 bmw 328i-Windows & Sunroof opening themselves
Expert: Evan Slater - 6/30/2007
Question Hello Evan,
I own a 1999 328i, after I leave the car and hit the lock button on my remote, MOST of the time the locks would lock then unlock right away. Im sure this is part of the bigger problem. Now my big problem is that when the car is off, the WINDOWS & SUNROOF OPEN BY THEMSELVES as if I held down the unlock button on my remote. Now this can happen right after I get out of the car, or it can happen 10 hours later, very random. It doesnt matter if I lock the car or not. When this occurs, sometimes my locks wont work either. This happens everyday, do you have any idea of what this may be?????????
Answer Fred disconnect the Remote antenna Amplifier in the left rear C-pillar. If the symptoms reoccur with this disconnected then replace the general module behind the glove box and have the module coded by the dealer. Give them both master vehicle keys and request that they be initialized so that remote functions work with the new module. Let me know how it goes.
-Evan
