|
Xoutpost server transfer and maintenance is occurring.... |
Xoutpost is currently undergoing a planned server migration.... stay tuned for new developments.... sincerely, the management |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
Starter will stick-stay engaged
__________________
2002 X5 4.4i Sport Wheels 2014 X5 35i M Appearance & suspension package 1995 Porsche 993 1972 Porsche 914-6 2020 GLE 450 Twin Turbo 2019 Alfa Stelvio 500hp Quadrifogilo Many motorcycles |
Sponsored Links | |
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
starter solenoid is going. you will need to remove starter to remove the solenoid and replace just that part.
__________________
I swear, my cars are like a girlfriend. Sometimes its a rough ride, sometimes its smooth motorin'. Sometimes she doesnt like how i treat her and sometimes i dont like how she behaves. BUT at the end of the day, she loves it when I am inside her. _______________________ '91 850i '05 X5 4.4i '09 Clubman S |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Do you know if they go bad on the X5's? or is that just your opinion.
__________________
2002 X5 4.4i Sport Wheels 2014 X5 35i M Appearance & suspension package 1995 Porsche 993 1972 Porsche 914-6 2020 GLE 450 Twin Turbo 2019 Alfa Stelvio 500hp Quadrifogilo Many motorcycles |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
It's just a starter. Nothing fancy about European vs American ones. It's likely the solenoid. Or you could just replace the entire thing while you're in there.
__________________
03 3.0i mt 89 325is |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
I just had the same issue on my 850i last summer. just a solenoid needed to be replaced, but I bought the entire new starter and I can rebuild my starter with another solenoid another time.
__________________
I swear, my cars are like a girlfriend. Sometimes its a rough ride, sometimes its smooth motorin'. Sometimes she doesnt like how i treat her and sometimes i dont like how she behaves. BUT at the end of the day, she loves it when I am inside her. _______________________ '91 850i '05 X5 4.4i '09 Clubman S |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Are you sure this isn't just the convenience start feature? The V12 & V8 BMWs starting with the e38...has a feature that only requires turning the ignition to the start position (KL 50) then you can release the key and the starter will continue until the engine starts.
If you are having issues with the engine not starting...it can be disconcerting to hear the starter continuing on when you've let go...but this isn't a starter issue...its a feature...and the issue is more about why the engine isn't engaging...not about the starter. You can see this feature mentoned in the owners manual (see text highlighted in green below) and in the EWS info below. In the EWS chart, its called 1-touch start & started around the 1997 model year...then gradually was added to other models with V8 engines as they rolled out. The I6 and manual tranny V8s didn't get this feature:
__________________
Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral.
Last edited by Qsilver7; 04-21-2015 at 08:19 PM. |
#7
|
||||
|
||||
My 04 has this 'feature'. IMO it's the second most useless thing that BMW puts in for us.
Not to mention that once you get used to it, you find yourself unable to start your other cars on the first try because you just turn the key for a brief moment expecting it to crank until it starts. (The most useless is the hatch 'soft close' feature. BMW already knows how to make a door close quite nicely. I really don't need an electric motor to pull it shut the last 1/2"... not to mention that unless you install those handy little helper springs, EVERY time you pop the hatch from the interior, when you get out and close the driver door, the convenience closer conveniently re-closes the hatch before you get around to the back.)
__________________
==================================== '04 E53 X5 4.4i '05 Mazdaspeed MX-5 '00 Saab 9-3 SE Cabrio |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Qsilver7 it was a starter issue for me. Specifically the solenoid. My '91 850i did not have the same start feature like my facelifted e53 does.
Thanks for the thought tho!
__________________
I swear, my cars are like a girlfriend. Sometimes its a rough ride, sometimes its smooth motorin'. Sometimes she doesnt like how i treat her and sometimes i dont like how she behaves. BUT at the end of the day, she loves it when I am inside her. _______________________ '91 850i '05 X5 4.4i '09 Clubman S |
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
...words never so true! That made me laugh due to experience...been there, done that. Every time I start another car that doesn't have that feature...I usually wind up with a failure to start on first attempt due to letting go of the key too soon... :
__________________
Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral.
|
Bookmarks |
|
|
|