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Halfords fitted my car battery loose
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That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.1 -
TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.It can only be a BMW 1 series.It wont be a LandRover, they stopped making them in 1957, and a loose connection wouldn't damage anything.Nothing else is called a series, and everyone nods and knows what it is.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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Have you had to fill the fuel tank , do you think that was something to do with Halfords bodged job too?0
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take it for a 20 mile run will reset ECU,ask on BMW forum for more info.0
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TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
.Was it really "everybody" that was Kung Fu fighting ???2 -
What, the indicator stalk?Korkyb said:TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
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ontheroad1970 said:
What, the indicator stalk?Korkyb said:TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
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Was it really "everybody" that was Kung Fu fighting ???0 -
Well that could explain quite a lot 😂Korkyb said:ontheroad1970 said:
What, the indicator stalk?Korkyb said:TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
.
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I didnt realise BMW's had indicators, I've never seen one which had themGrumpyDil said:
Well that could explain quite a lot 😂Korkyb said:ontheroad1970 said:
What, the indicator stalk?Korkyb said:TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
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Like most things on a BMW, they are somewhere on the options list if you search far enough.lemondrops69 said:
I didnt realise BMW's had indicators, I've never seen one which had themGrumpyDil said:
Well that could explain quite a lot 😂Korkyb said:ontheroad1970 said:
What, the indicator stalk?Korkyb said:TimSynths said:
That's cleared that up for everyone. I hear they are good especially the red ones.selinakhan said:It’s a 2013 model series 1.
Aha, so its a BMW.
My friend had a very similar issues with his BMW - he had been driving it for years without any problems then suddenly the car developed a strange intermittent flashing warning light on the dash accompanied by an alarming ticking noise.
He discovered the issue was linked to one of the stalks coming out from behind the steering wheel !!
- if he pushed it one way the flashing warning light + the ticking noise started
- if he pushed the stalk the other way another similar flashing warning light came on along with the same ticking noise.
He found that if he left the stick in a particular position between the 2 extremes then the warning lights and ticking stopped.
He never got to the bottom of it but never touched that stalk again and had no further issues.
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