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Post by SpiketheBike » Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:54 pm

Over the last month or so we have had 3 really heavy downpours of rain. Each time, the Z4s alarm has gone off. No thunder or lightening, just very heavy rain. I'm assuming I've got a water ingress issue. Before I pay a garage £40 an hour to spend 10 hours not finding anything, I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem?
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Post by Busterboo » Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:02 am

"£40 an hour"? Wow, that's cheap! Pay it, pay it.
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Post by SpiketheBike » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:55 pm

Busterboo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:02 am "£40 an hour"? Wow, that's cheap! Pay it, pay it.
I knew someone would say that if I just plucked a figure of of the air. 😁
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Post by Dryce » Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:23 am

We've had the alarm go off a few times in heavy rain over the last few years.

Search the forums and you'll find other owners reporting the issue. It may not be water ingress. For example - note the last post in the thread below.

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Post by SpiketheBike » Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:57 pm

Thanks guys. Very helpful.
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Post by RustyZ4 » Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:59 pm

Cant comment, as we don't seem to get rain in Kent anymore :roll:
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Post by metal licker » Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:11 pm

Known problem on early cars my 23i had it ! There's a BMW fix for it,cost me nowt but car was still under warranty :)
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Post by ronk » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:31 pm

My previous E89 (2010 ) used to do this - it was fixed by the dealer an accordance with the BMW instructions - which is I’m told, nothing more than a layer of baking foil on the inside of the door skin.
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