Tag: BMW

BMW Dashboard Symbols and Warning Lights

BMW Symbols So, what is that light on your dashboard? What follows is easily the most complete list available of symbols and warnings that may appear in and on your car’s dashboard or instrument cluster. The following are warning lights and indicators found in vehicles built by BMW. Click the link to the right of …

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Can Your Car Windows Open on Their Own??

Windows down

Why Are My Windows Open? If you’ve ever walked out to your car and found all the windows open, this is our subject.  We’re going to discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or their windows down. This is not about a fault or …

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Does Your Owner’s Manual Have a Troubleshooting Guide?

Mazda chapter

How Deep Is Your Owner’s Manual? We’ve done a couple of owner’s manual rants and got to thinking about where the average driver might look in their respective manual if they ran into trouble, specifically with dead or dying key fobs. So, we examined a sampling of owner’s manuals from BMW and Mini, Fiat Chrysler, …

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Start a BMW or Mini with a Dead Key Fob

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How to Start a BMW or Mini with a Dead Key Fob Starting a BMW or Mini Even if your vehicle is not responding to the key fob, that fob is all you need, and must have, to get your car started. But first, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting …

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Why Are All My Windows Down??

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Who Opened the Windows? Here, we discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or rather with their windows down. So, this is not about a fault or a system failure or a warning light, but about something working exactly as it is supposed to, …

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Recall GM Coupes Before Someone Else Dies!

Trapped in an XLR

An Actual Death Trap Yet another cringe worthy headline showed up on Twitter recently (September 2018). A man trapped in his car because the battery was dead. And for 14 hours. He was very, very lucky that the car wasn’t outside in the sun, or the outcome would have been very, very different. This one …

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BMW and Mini Videos: Help for Key Not Working

How to Open, Start and Replace Fob Batteries in BMW and Mini Vehicles We have eleven Videos with Help for Your BMW or Mini. BMW Models 2021-2025 models Here we have new 4-, 5-, and 7-Series sedans and large SUVs, gas and electric powered! ————————————————————– BMW compilation video This video collects all we have on …

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