Hi,
First of all, big thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and if possible offers advice because I am STUCK! My name is Andrew, recent retiree with dual Anglo-French nationality and a 2005 RHD Z4 2.0 that I bought four months ago thinking "now or never before my back gives out". The car is mainly fantastic but ever since I got it I have to leave it unlocked because otherwise the alarm goes off intermittently about once every 2-3 hours. At the same time the interior light has never worked.
About two months ago I had to change out the original battery and I got a good quality Varta which was programmed for the car but the faults persisted. I had to travel for several weeks, using my SLK (because I can lock that one) and when I got back on Friday the new battery was dead so I got a jump start. Miracle: as soon as the car was jump-started the interior light began working, not once but a dozen times, all perfectly as it should be. Then I tried locking the door and for a whole night the alarm didn't go off but around noon it started again - no tilt or other movement, no HGVs or tractors going past in our very quiet village, no way kids could have been near it, just the fault is back and the pesky interior light has stopped working again so surely they two problems must be linked in some way? I've tried to find a garage who can resolve the issue but without success and it means I can't use the car to go anywhere where it wouldn't be safe to leave it unlocked. Free help with your children's French homework to anyone who can suggest a solution.
Merci beaucoup :wink:
First of all, big thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and if possible offers advice because I am STUCK! My name is Andrew, recent retiree with dual Anglo-French nationality and a 2005 RHD Z4 2.0 that I bought four months ago thinking "now or never before my back gives out". The car is mainly fantastic but ever since I got it I have to leave it unlocked because otherwise the alarm goes off intermittently about once every 2-3 hours. At the same time the interior light has never worked.
About two months ago I had to change out the original battery and I got a good quality Varta which was programmed for the car but the faults persisted. I had to travel for several weeks, using my SLK (because I can lock that one) and when I got back on Friday the new battery was dead so I got a jump start. Miracle: as soon as the car was jump-started the interior light began working, not once but a dozen times, all perfectly as it should be. Then I tried locking the door and for a whole night the alarm didn't go off but around noon it started again - no tilt or other movement, no HGVs or tractors going past in our very quiet village, no way kids could have been near it, just the fault is back and the pesky interior light has stopped working again so surely they two problems must be linked in some way? I've tried to find a garage who can resolve the issue but without success and it means I can't use the car to go anywhere where it wouldn't be safe to leave it unlocked. Free help with your children's French homework to anyone who can suggest a solution.
Merci beaucoup :wink:
