What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[andrewwynn]

Get the full part LED not just the lamp.

In the future put the cabin lights into shop mode with long press of the cabin light button. I've had no start situation after a repair when i didn't think of it.

[Salty B.]

Originally Posted by X5chemist

Nice, hit us up next time you come to Austin. A few of us are around the area.

The door panel was removed to replace the broken clips. The two upper inner plastic holders had fallen off. Both were glued back on using Gorilla glue. After a quick dry, the door panel went on easily. All the clips are in place. Luckily, I had several clips. I have a few more extras for the next door panel removal. It's nice and solidly on. I couldn't figure out how to install the door handle light. The light is just hanging inside. The X5 was not asleep when the panel was removed. The street bulb burned my finger good! I need to find the style and replace them with LED bulbs. The stock ones get super hot!

I know of your struggle... and never did get the little bitty door handle light back in place so mine is also lighting up the inside of the door.

Amazon sells assortments of LEDs and I replaced every interior bulb with them. So much brighter and they won't burn you!

Next up: LR door lock actuator and door seal...

[andrewwynn]

My e70 has the special lighting package. Like 9 extra lights. It's daylight! Every one is LED but they do not like the fade to light so i disabled that and they are great


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[crystalworks]

Finally had a new windshield put in. So nice to have a clear view out of the front instead of the pitted mess.

[guntherrex]

I have a fun new gremlin in the X5. The rear hatch opens at completely random moments during driving. You can hear the lock opening erratically.

Considering I had some issues during extreme wet weather with the hatch button not working for a while, I suspected the button. I took the unit off so see if it had any water ingress, but couldn't find anything obvious. The whole unit seems sealed so any exploration would be destructive.

Anyone had this before? Would you still suspect the switch or could I have a wiring problem? It happens stationary as wel as driving, so not movement-induced

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by guntherrex

I have a fun new gremlin in the X5. The rear hatch opens at completely random moments during driving. You can hear the lock opening erratically.



Considering I had some issues during extreme wet weather with the hatch button not working for a while, I suspected the button. I took the unit off so see if it had any water ingress, but couldn't find anything obvious. The whole unit seems sealed so any exploration would be destructive.



Anyone had this before? Would you still suspect the switch or could I have a wiring problem? It happens stationary as wel as driving, so not movement-induced

Yep, mine did the same and it was the inner portion of the rubber button had deformed and was resting against one of the micro switches...

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[guntherrex]

Cheers! I've found a second-hand unit so I'll swap that out then

[andrewwynn]

I had exactly this happen.

The rubber button held water in.

I removed the rubber and solved my problem. I never figured out how water got in but i turned it into a drain and never happened again.

[powers1]

Continuing with small but cool updates. Today updated the side turn signals to the more recent model type and dynamic.
Its plug and play, with the small exception that you need to bend the spring clip downwards for a perfect fitment.

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[andrewwynn]

Great update that's one of the only things making e53 look dated. I wanted to do the same never found the right one.