[Presley348]

Dear e60 Forum for 7 series:

Not sure I am in the right place, but my brother the stock broker here in Atlanta GA and owns a 2002 745i, with 80,000 miles on it, (and out of warranty), and he is out of town in Tulsa Ok, at the moment and his 7 series broke down on him, and just stopped, and the idrive has a bunch of failure message's on it popping up, i.e., Transmission failure, engine failure, AC failure, etc, etc. The BMW in Tulsa BMW dealership is closed but he will get it towed to them tomorrow, meanwhile he wondered if any one of you here at the e60 forum for 7 series might know what his 2002 BMW 740i problem might be, and about how much will the expense should he brace hisself for the price tomorrow by BMW of Tulsa?

I will be waiting on your answer so I can relay it to him.

Thanks in Advance!!


Eddie aka Presley348

[vlad_b]

my first guess - check the battery or alternator. If it dies it would pop up bunch of error messages and sure it will not start after all

[Presley348]

vlad_b, on Apr 12 2009, 09:17 PM, said:

my first guess - check the battery or alternator. If it dies it would pop up bunch of error messages and sure it will not start after all

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Thanks I will relay your message to him in Tulsa, (Their a long way from home, Atlanta) and Im sure he , his wife, and family will sleep better tonight knowing it might just be a battery or altern., and not his idrive!!!

Eddie

[cobradav]

vlad_b, on Apr 12 2009, 09:17 PM, said:

my first guess - check the battery or alternator. If it dies it would pop up bunch of error messages and sure it will not start after all

Concur. Exact symtom I had while travelling. Alternator putting out voltage spikes and the elctronics shut down to protect themselves. But it could be the battery as well.

[ssonss1]

as everyone already said...battery or alternator....off topic...do alot of ppl try to race you in your m5 rep?

[tbal]

The m5 badges gotta go bud lol

[Presley348]

ssonss1, on Apr 13 2009, 02:25 AM, said:

as everyone already said...battery or alternator....off topic...do alot of ppl try to race you in your m5 rep?

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Oh yea I get a few idiots reving their engines, and wanting to race, (I ignore them), but I get more states and smiles from young ladies, that leads to us talking at the gas pumps, that often leads to dates.

[Mikey83]

tbal, on Apr 13 2009, 03:27 AM, said:

The m5 badges gotta go bud lol

x2


and your 7 issues are most likey what was said, I had same issues and I had to replace battery.

[mikeg3tsguap]

Presley348, on Apr 13 2009, 12:26 PM, said:

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Oh yea I get a few idiots reving their engines, and wanting to race, (I ignore them), but I get more states and smiles from young ladies, that leads to us talking at the gas pumps, that often leads to dates.

LMAOOO

[ssonss1]

Presley348, on Apr 13 2009, 09:26 AM, said:

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Oh yea I get a few idiots reving their engines, and wanting to race, (I ignore them), but I get more states and smiles from young ladies, that leads to us talking at the gas pumps, that often leads to dates.

damn in that caseeeeee...im also going to make a m5 rep!...anyone got a 04 525 for sale?

[Presley348]

vlad_b, on Apr 12 2009, 09:17 PM, said:

my first guess - check the battery or alternator. If it dies it would pop up bunch of error messages and sure it will not start after all

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Thanks, but the truth came out today when the BMW dealer checked out my brothers 745i, and BMW tech found a vital part of the computer that he said is located under the rear seat of the 2002 745i got wet somehow and had shorted out most of the entire 745i idrive computer system, and the BMW tech said we first need to find out where the leak is at, and stop it, meanwhile we will have the BMW Part here in 24hrs and will take about 30mins to replace and you will be on your way back to Atlanta...

...Come to find out, my sweet sister in law, (LOL), my brothers wife finally said oh yea I did spill quite a bit of water from the melted ice from the ice box, and it was in the back seat yesterday when she was getting a coke, and she asked now could that had done the problem to our BMW not going dead and not starting until today? (I thought to myself, Dahhhhh, ((LOL)) but that is what done it to my brothers 745i the BMW Tech said).

Wives can be funny, but expensive!! Just kidding but our BMWs are so hi Tech, in fact we found that BMW sells an electric cigarette plug in Cooler/carrier for 185.00, that BMW recomends and told my brother get rid of the ice ehest in your BMW, that could leak water like yours did, and did damage to your BMW onboard computer, (i.e. for the entire system that's is located under the read seat of the 2002 745i).

Thanks again for your help, but you did not have the whole story, otherwise based on the info. you got from me, it could very well had been the battery or alternator as you had said...

Eddie




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[mikeg3tsguap]

Whats the cost?

[Presley348]

mikeg3tsguap, on Apr 13 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Whats the cost?

I already asked that same questio, and my brother said he will not know the final cost until it's finished tomorrow around noon.

Eddie

[Presley348]

mikeg3tsguap, on Apr 13 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Whats the cost?

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$300.00...My brother got back to Atlanta at 2am, and called me from work this morning. I asked him was his elec. Problem fixed and how much did the BMW dealer in Tulsa charged him? He said oh $300.00 for everything the parts & labor to repair his 2002 745i while complaining of the price for a small computer part that controls everything on his car, that his wife shorted out with water from their ice chest spilling out in the backseat. (Correct me if I am wrong, but that emergency out of town price was a near steal whenever BMW idrive parts and service is done on our BMW idrive models...

Eddie aka Presley348

[pkancel]

$300, he got very lucky as I would have expected $1000 min and more like double that when I heard about the water ruining the computer. Diagnostic check alone could have been most of that $300. Glad it all worked out. He might want to silicon that thing like crazy to save himself the trouble in the future:)