Z4Research
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I have a 2006 bmw z4 3.0i. My car's battery wasn't strong, when i don't drive it for a couple of days it did hesitate to start, after experiencing the problems I described below I replaced it to see if it might solve it but it didnt, however when I dont drive the car for a couple of days it doesnt hesitate to start anymore.
About a month ago while driving I noticed that the instrument cluster gauges turned off and on all of a sudden and it happened every 20 minutes or so for a while. Once it turns off it comes back in 2 seconds that didnt change but the period between each turn off-turn on decreased as time passed by now it happens every 5 seconds. At night when the gauges and dashlights go off the cabin light on top of the rear view mirror lights up. From my research it seemed like a typical case of ignition switch, which I ordered from autohaus and installed my self but it didnt change anything. May be small possibility but could the new iginition switch be bad should I try another one? Any suggestions?
About a month ago while driving I noticed that the instrument cluster gauges turned off and on all of a sudden and it happened every 20 minutes or so for a while. Once it turns off it comes back in 2 seconds that didnt change but the period between each turn off-turn on decreased as time passed by now it happens every 5 seconds. At night when the gauges and dashlights go off the cabin light on top of the rear view mirror lights up. From my research it seemed like a typical case of ignition switch, which I ordered from autohaus and installed my self but it didnt change anything. May be small possibility but could the new iginition switch be bad should I try another one? Any suggestions?