2006 325d electrical help

[judgesmith]

Evening all. Not sure if the daily is quite retro enough but it has a few electrical gremlins. Not had the car long and all were problems before I bought it.

Most obvious is the remote doesn't work. Put a new battery in it and still nothing.

Radio and bluetooth don't work.

Rear parking sensors don't work either but it does usually tell me they won't work.

Auto lights, always on.

If anyone has any ideas then let me know!

[sonus]

I believe the receiver for the remote is in the rear of the car, you might have a broken cable. Iirc quite common problem on the touring.

Search key fob antenna and it will show you pictures.

[ChasR]

Is yours a touring? If they are like the E61s, the modules live in the boot. If they get wet you can get all sorts of issues occuring.

[judgesmith]

Thanks guys. I'd never look under the spoiler (it is a touring) for that. I'll give it a try.

[sonus]

Mar 19, 2019 6:15:30 GMT judgesmith said:

Thanks guys. I'd never look under the spoiler (it is a touring) for that. I'll give it a try.

The cable that runs from the hatch to the body is known to go bad on mid 2000-touring BMWs. Luckily I have had no trouble with my E91LCI 😁

[judgesmith]

I had a quick look and someone's been in there before. I'll see what's happened!