Bmw 323 problem!

[johnboy2008]

Okay hi to everyone just found your website through google.

I bought my car in April 2008 and the only problem with it at that time was the lights on the dashboard kept randomly cutting out then coming back on? (backlights when i have my headlights on)

That seems to be less of a problem as it only does it sometimes and not others....

Another problem ive recently discovered (last 2 months) is a random set of three beeps coming from the dashboard then nothing... (no lights flash no nothing, just three beeps) id say on a hour journey it does this at least once.... Cant figure it out....


Today i'm driving a 18 mile journey to York... Half way there all of a sudden theres these beeps again.... This time they haven't stopped. continuous beeping all the way there... i park the car up (lock it) go to where i need to go come back and it is STILL beeping with the car locked even the keys arnt in the ignition....

On my travels home i call into halfords (RIP OFF) to buy a 13 mil spanner, i disconnected the battery (live) and waited a minute then put it back on.. Only for the beeping to continue....

Anyway ive arrived home and ive disconnected the battery completely just wondered if anyone can help me with this complete pain... seriously it was getting on my nerves.

Thankyou very much for any help you can offer me.

(BMW 323i 2.5 engine E36 model on a R reg.) btw i am from england

The noise comes from a little speaker in the drivers side footwell built into the dashbord with a 3 and 4 pin plug on the back...

what is this and what is it warning me of?!?!?!?!?!?!

[svginferno]

Okay hi to everyone just found your website through google.

I bought my car in April 2008 and the only problem with it at that time was the lights on the dashboard kept randomly cutting out then coming back on? (backlights when i have my headlights on)

That seems to be less of a problem as it only does it sometimes and not others....

Another problem ive recently discovered (last 2 months) is a random set of three beeps coming from the dashboard then nothing... (no lights flash no nothing, just three beeps) id say on a hour journey it does this at least once.... Cant figure it out....


Today i'm driving a 18 mile journey to York... Half way there all of a sudden theres these beeps again.... This time they haven't stopped. continuous beeping all the way there... i park the car up (lock it) go to where i need to go come back and it is STILL beeping with the car locked even the keys arnt in the ignition....

On my travels home i call into halfords (RIP OFF) to buy a 13 mil spanner, i disconnected the battery (live) and waited a minute then put it back on.. Only for the beeping to continue....

Anyway ive arrived home and ive disconnected the battery completely just wondered if anyone can help me with this complete pain... seriously it was getting on my nerves.

Thankyou very much for any help you can offer me.

(BMW 323i 2.5 engine E36 model on a R reg.) btw i am from england

The noise comes from a little speaker in the drivers side footwell built into the dashbord with a 3 and 4 pin plug on the back...

what is this and what is it warning me of?!?!?!?!?!?!

the set of 3 random beeps probably aren't so random, it's the On Board Computer (OBC) that beeps. if you look at your clock or date on the car, it will have what look like waves from a speaker, and if you hit the Memo button they will disappear. this reminds you each time it's about turn the next hour.

also, could the beeping be from the radio? does the radio work? it's doesn't display CODE does it? from my experience my radio would beep when i input the incorrect code more than 3 times and would beep for a while until it decided to turn off. if your radio doesn't work look more into this.

[johnboy2008]

Thanks for your help! yeah now you say its the memo thing it was... oh my lol... thankyou


as for the constant beeping i have no clue, took the radio fully out it isnt that.. i've now unplugged the little black speaker i dont actually know what its for but ive took it out and its stopped beeping from it... god knows!


Thankyou!

[bmwdirtracer]

I'd guess it's a "key in ignition" beep, and that one of your door jamb switches isn't registering the door as closed. There's a little button on the door jamb striker, and when the lock engages, it should push that button. But often, the plastic sleeve falls off the lock, or the button wears out. To check this, replug the beeper, then hold the button depressed on each door, see if it goes away.

And put your thermostat back in.