A couple of electrical issues with 130i
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Hi folks,
The wife's just got home from a couple of days away with the car and has reported a few strange issues, which may or may not be connected. In the hope that someone might have some idea whats going on, or in case of a connection, I'll describe what happened in the order that they occurred.
A few days ago the windscreen washer reservoir warning light came on, so naturally we put a few litres of fluid in. The warning light didn't go out, which she initially thought was due to insufficient amount of fluid put in.
On using the car this morning, the headlights stayed on after she'd turned the engine off and walked away from the car. The lights were on auto at the time, as they usually are. The wife returned to the car and turned the light switch to off, which didn't work. Turning them on (full right) then back to off did the trick. The car's never done this before and I'm not aware that the car has any sort of timer to have the lights stay on. Strangely this little incident got rid of the washer fluid warning light that'd been on for the past 300 miles (i'm otherwise unconcerned by the fluid warning light but wanted to mention it in case of a connection).
Later in the day the windscreen wipers stopped working. It was raining and they were on auto. The wipers stopped a couple of inches shy of their normal off position and eventually were coaxed into restarted after a good few minutes fiddling with the stalk. The car has done this once previously (I've read that this could be the relay, but could there be any connection with the headlight issue?).
Finally, it's worth noting that the windscreen was replaced by Autoglass a couple of weeks ago. They were made aware of the various sensors etc and the car has been used in the dark / rain since with no apparent issues.
So, anyone got any ideas? Any help much appreciated.
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The wife's just got home from a couple of days away with the car and has reported a few strange issues, which may or may not be connected. In the hope that someone might have some idea whats going on, or in case of a connection, I'll describe what happened in the order that they occurred.
A few days ago the windscreen washer reservoir warning light came on, so naturally we put a few litres of fluid in. The warning light didn't go out, which she initially thought was due to insufficient amount of fluid put in.
On using the car this morning, the headlights stayed on after she'd turned the engine off and walked away from the car. The lights were on auto at the time, as they usually are. The wife returned to the car and turned the light switch to off, which didn't work. Turning them on (full right) then back to off did the trick. The car's never done this before and I'm not aware that the car has any sort of timer to have the lights stay on. Strangely this little incident got rid of the washer fluid warning light that'd been on for the past 300 miles (i'm otherwise unconcerned by the fluid warning light but wanted to mention it in case of a connection).
Later in the day the windscreen wipers stopped working. It was raining and they were on auto. The wipers stopped a couple of inches shy of their normal off position and eventually were coaxed into restarted after a good few minutes fiddling with the stalk. The car has done this once previously (I've read that this could be the relay, but could there be any connection with the headlight issue?).
Finally, it's worth noting that the windscreen was replaced by Autoglass a couple of weeks ago. They were made aware of the various sensors etc and the car has been used in the dark / rain since with no apparent issues.
So, anyone got any ideas? Any help much appreciated.
Also posted on babybmw
Agree that the lights staying on could have been the 'follow me home' function.
However if you've just had the windscreen changed and are now having problems with both auto light and auto wipers, that has to be the first place to start looking into. Perhaps BMW can check the dignostics to see what the auto light/wiper sensor(s) are reading, or whether there are any error codes logged.
However if you've just had the windscreen changed and are now having problems with both auto light and auto wipers, that has to be the first place to start looking into. Perhaps BMW can check the dignostics to see what the auto light/wiper sensor(s) are reading, or whether there are any error codes logged.
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