Re: bmw-digest V9 #1529

["Barrie K. Davis" <barrie_davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Lexus had a problem with cell phones:

Quoted from http://www.motortrend.com/jan00/lt98lexus/lt98lexus_f.html

"The GS Series was the subject of at least three technical service bulletins
or recalls (one of which we had a hand in discovering): to replace a
problematic engine-control module, to correct cold-shifting transmission
trouble, and to change a yaw-rate sensor in the stability control system.
The latter would interpret electromagnetic waves from cell phones or, in our
case, a two-way radio, as a command to aggressively apply the brakes. "

Barrie K. Davis

> Subject: Re; Newbie Q on cell phone interference
>
> Bob asks
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> My new '00 528iA sport-premium came with a dire warning (GLUED! to the
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> inside of the windshield, took me a half hour to get off with Goo Gone!)
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> about using non-BMW-approved cell phones inside the car. Claims that a
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> cell phone with an antenna inside the passenger compartment may cause
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> damage to the poor baby car's sensitive electronics.
>
> True? Or just a ploy to get me to spring for the expensive BMW StarTAC
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> phone?
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>

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