re: '93 318isA ?s

["Curtis A. Ingraham" <ingraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hear that E36 window motors are best thought of as maintenance
items, i.e., it's common to replace one or more at that mileage.

Curt Ingraham
72 2002tii
Oakland, CA
 
Evan Evans wrote:

> I just bought my daughter a '93 318isA to get her through college. It has 130K
> and is in very good cosmetic condition. Here's my ?, the driver's side
> electric window likes to reverse itself during roll up or roll down and
> sometimes won't budge at all when it's down. I did take the door panel off. I
> found the connection plug to the motor and by cleaning, connecting and
> disconnecting the plug the window would sometimes try to move, but never fully
> roll up or down. Is it time for a new window motor? Problem # 2, the AC
> compressor stays on all of the time the engine is on unless I disconnect power
> to it. What could that be? Problem # 3, has to do w/ the keyless entry. It
> came w/ a transmitter, but the little BMW issue transmitter won't light up
> when the buttons are pressed. Nothing happens either re: the locking
> mechanism. I bought a new battery for the transmitter and it still doesn't
> light the little activation light on the transmitter or the door locks. Can
> you buy another transmitter for a BMW keyless entry system? Sorry for the
> length, but my daughter is all excited about her "new" car and of course we
> Dads have to do everything to keep our daughter's happy ;-).
> 
> Evan
> 
> Evan Evans
> President
> Smoky Mountain
> BMW CCA
> Knoxville, TN 37919

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