 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 05-02-2024 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 334,243 Views | |  |  |  |  09-16-2010, 12:36 PM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 14 |  Howdie! from the UK
Hey everyone, Just bought a Dakar yellow 318ti and wanted to thank you for all the advice I found on your site before buying her. Apart from an electrical issue with the footwell and interior lights flashing, she is such a fantastic car!  Would anyone happen to know what this electrical issue might be? I probably shouldn't be in the lounge for this, but I still have a lot of the site to read. DakarLady  |  |  | | 09-16-2010, 05:01 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 252 |
welcome and congrats on your new ride, post up some pics when u get the chance, check out the electical section in the forum there might be something on your problem there __________________ 1996 318ti base: m44, 5 spd, lsd - 18x8 bremmer kraft wheels w/sumitumo tires 225/40R18 & bmw locking lug studs, 10mm spacers in rear, halo headlights, cold air intake, koni str.t struts and shocks w/mounts, h&r sport springs, serp belts, control arm & tie rod kits, front sway bar links, JVC kd-x50bt headunit w/ipod hook up in the glove box, alpine sps-500(front and rear), jl audio 10" powerwedge max, jl audio 250.1 amp, motor mounts, fuel filter, passenger side window motor, drivers lower window run, muffler hanger kit, various interior bulbs, left door striker/ajar switch, lower hood latches, changed from gray vinal to black leather shift and parking brake boots, m3 weighted shift knob, ngk-r spark plugs, magnecor spark plug wires(blue),new cabin micro-filters,new headliner & a-pillar mouldings, 5w20 synth-blend oil and filter, BG Ultra Guard syn. rear end fluid & ls additive, BG Syncro Shift II syn. manual trans fluids, stainless steel braided brake lines and dot 4 fluid, extra brake light mod, new p/s reservoir and rubber hoses
need to do - fix door panels, paint job, MORE MONEY!!  | | | | | 09-16-2010, 06:00 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 148 |
welcome friend! good luck with figuring out that electrical issue. post some pix of the ti. lets see her!! __________________  It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. | | | | | 09-16-2010, 07:20 PM | #4 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 14 |
Thanks ti-billy & 668M42
This forum is great. After some reading in the electrics section, it turns out to be a door switch issue.
Seeing as you asked....meet Azbo.... | | | | | 09-23-2010, 10:44 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Uk - North west Posts: 24 |
welcome!
Nice compact! im a fan of the dakar yellow ones quite rare now! nice extras on there too! | | | | | 09-24-2010, 12:26 PM | #6 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kaposvár, Hungary Posts: 7 |
hi there!
i had the same problem, changing the ground modul to a new one solved it! wink: | | | | | 09-24-2010, 12:42 PM | #7 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 14 |
Thanks Nitrox, I'm pretty enamoured myself Dee, can you tell me a little more about this 'ground modul' please? Do you mean where the earth goes to the boy of the car?   | | | | | 09-24-2010, 03:50 PM | #8 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kaposvár, Hungary Posts: 7 |
It is a black box behind the glove box, with three connectors on the back side, & one connector at the front. This box controlles the whole interior lightning, central lock, etc. There is a white sticker on it, with many numbers, on the top of the sticker is GMIV-LOW written..  | | | | | 09-28-2010, 12:44 AM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 14 |
Thank you so much for this Dee! Makes my life much easier! | | | | | 09-28-2010, 06:31 AM | #10 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kaposvár, Hungary Posts: 7 |
You're welcome.. | | | | |
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