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Its quite common..I cannibalised an old unit for parts

EPS failures often start with a come and go mode ..hope you’re lucky

Make sure the units are all properly dried out..there are at least 2 others in the same bay same location…long term corrosion from just being damp is more fatal

BMW diagnostics will show if it’s an EPS failure

Two self tappers

Power steering can fail when the battery goes Pete Tong…usually it’s the onboard ECU

Öhlins damper settings corrected — and an accidental experiment To err is human. To err on all four corners simultaneously, and then not notice for several weeks, is the mark of a muppet — but as it turns out, an instructive one. When I set the Road & Track dampers after the spring rate...

To err is human. To err too often is the mark of a muppet. Corrected four Öhlins damper settings I'd got comprehensively wrong. After the spring and tyre change I went round the car with the R&T adjuster and came away with 9/7 front and 7/9 rear — clicks out from full hard, so lower is firmer...

I’ve seen this many times, and it’s the tyres themselves rather than the geometry. Mixing a premium tyre at one end with a budget one at the other gives exactly what you’re describing — the two ends respond at different speeds and with different feel, and the car never settles. It’s a well-worn...

Er I don’t think there is any conflicting opinion on battery swaps on e89 and g29..both use DME managed charging with IBS…so registration at a minimum is required…

I don’t think you’re looking at six live faults. You’ve never actually been able to clear these: a generic OBD reader can’t write to the CTM, and a battery disconnect doesn’t touch module fault memory. So that list may be a history of everything that’s ever gone wrong on the car, including...

Er that's not AI that's 10 years on E89s and 350k words I've written on a 5 volume book on E89s.. and a number of misfires I've had..including as bigwinn says unintentional (in my case self inflicted.. given rarer things like VANOS / Bore score misfires are either too little or two much fuel or...

Yes it is and as you say negligible changes in functionality over the years ..good luck with the search..the b58 is a great engine

You can have them now unlocked in the UK..but your other points are still valid..hope things work out as best as possible for you and your wife..

I see you're getting increasingly desperate posting it in several places.. here's my reply for others reading this.... Two things before anything else. The flashing light means the misfire is damaging the catalyst, so every time you provoke it to check whether it's still there, you're...