Anyone know what this is?

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eaytvr2019

Member

• Jan 24, 2023

• #1

Guys,

I accidentally knocked the trim above the passenger side seat belt off. I found a cable under it which seemed to end right there. Does anyone know whats its for? Photo attached.

 

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Chris_D

Lifer

Mostly Holland. Sometimes UK.

• Jan 24, 2023

• #2

Bugging device.
Your missus has booked the spooks in to keep an eye on you.
You been a naughty boy then?
:lol:

 

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eaytvr2019

Member

• Jan 24, 2023

• #3

that means there are more, she would have wanted me to find that one....seriously though, this is the kind of stuff which is going to drive me nuts...

 

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MikeyH

Lifer

Devon

• Jan 24, 2023

• #4

The insides of a dismembered Mr Whippy :rofl:

 

Pondrew

Lifer

Spaldingski

• Jan 24, 2023

• #5

Looks like a temperature sensor to me.
Give it till tomorrow and B21 will google it for you (past his bedtime now) then post an exploded diagram which he copied and pasted.

 

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eaytvr2019

Member

• Jan 24, 2023

• #6

I did think temp sensor at first, but seems like a really weird place for it? Ill have to check it more closely in daylight, but it may just be a crimp to end the cable but then im confused as to why it would terminate there in that location.

 

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grannyknot

Member

• Jan 25, 2023

• #7

Maybe BMW was thinking of putting courtesy lights in the B pillar covers at some point then didn't.
RealOEM shows a wire right in that spot.

 

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enuff_zed

Lifer

Attleborough, Norfolk

• Jan 25, 2023

• #8

grannyknot said:

Maybe BMW was thinking of putting courtesy lights in the B pillar covers at some point then didn't.
RealOEM shows a wire right in that spot.

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If that is the case it's got to be worth rigging it up to a bulb just to see. You may have hit on a cheap improvement.

 

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DevonPaul

Member

• Jan 26, 2023

• #9

Aerial for the unlocking remote?

Erm, dare we ask how you accidentally knocked the trim off?

 

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grannyknot

Member

• Jan 26, 2023

• #10

DevonPaul said:

Aerial for the unlocking remote?

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Yeah, that sounds right, much more likely.

 

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eaytvr2019

Member

• Jan 26, 2023

• #11

DevonPaul said:

Aerial for the unlocking remote?

Erm, dare we ask how you accidentally knocked the trim off?

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thanks, does seem right. Dont think id ever thought about what that might look like before.

The trim only fell off cos a bottle of massage oils exploded close to it...but apart from that, nothing dodgy was going on.

 

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DevonPaul

Member

• Jan 26, 2023

• #12

eaytvr2019 said:

The trim only fell off cos a bottle of massage oils exploded close to it...but apart from that, nothing dodgy was going on.

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When I got the Maser the trim for the seatbelt reel was loose, and there was a rattle in the binnacle. I refitted the seatbelt cover, thinking "HTF did that get hit up there?" and set to on the binnacle, which had 4 allen screws underneath.

In the end I slid the seat back, reclined it fully, and slid myself upside down so my head was underneath the binnacle, where I found a loose bolt from when they replaced the carbon paddles before I bought it. I then promply kicked the trim off the seatbelt reel trying to get back out.