Charging fault

Mr Plum · 02-11-2009, 03:08 PM

Just had this warning flash up in the car accompanied by the red battery warning in the cente of the dash - also cut out the power steering on my way in to a swiftish left hander (surprising how active this is - I nearly ended up in an oncoming car) and then the car steamed up as it had also shut down the air con....

Anyone else experienced this - have an ideas? Suspect it will be a visit to the stealer....

greatbm · 02-11-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Plum

Just had this warning flash up in the car accompanied by the red battery warning in the cente of the dash - also cut out the power steering on my way in to a swiftish left hander (surprising how active this is - I nearly ended up in an oncoming car) and then the car steamed up as it had also shut down the air con....

Anyone else experienced this - have an ideas? Suspect it will be a visit to the stealer....

There has been reports of power saving mode with heated rear screen not working as an indicator. Do a search on heated screen not working.Fault traced to battery cable I believe.

Mr Plum · 02-12-2009, 06:29 AM

Thanks for the advice - checked it out this morning though and it is quite clearly down to the belt having come off the water pump (i think) and the alternator therefore not working.

Has had to suffer the ignominy of being flat bedded to the dealers......

creepy coupe · 02-12-2009, 06:44 AM

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it is quite clearly down to the belt having come off the water pump (i think) and the alternator therefore not working..

Mr Plum · 02-12-2009, 12:01 PM

It gets better.... the reason the belt has come off is that the plastic pulley that it is attached to has disintegrated.....

Budgie · 02-12-2009, 04:55 PM

306hp spinning the bollocks out of it lol

creepy coupe · 02-13-2009, 03:26 AM

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It gets better.... the reason the belt has come off is that the plastic pulley that it is attached to has disintegrated.....

How many miles Mr P ?

Mr Plum · 02-13-2009, 04:04 AM

17k - just over 2 yrs old.

Dealer has been excellent - should be back today...

creepy coupe · 02-13-2009, 04:10 AM

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17k - just over 2 yrs old.

Dealer has been excellent - should be back today...

Hope it's a one off, did the dealer suggest otherwise?

Z22Z · 02-13-2009, 04:18 AM

had exact same thing happen to me. do you know what caused it though?

Mr Plum · 02-13-2009, 06:12 AM

Dealer seemed quite puzzled by it - asked if I'd hit anything in the road. I hadn't. He added that the undertray showed no sign of damage (so nothing had gone through it) and said it must have been that the pulley just fell apart. Apparently half the pulley was missing and there were some remains still attached - belt was intact but in a damaged state (presumably form coming off).

Manufacturing defect?

Is only made of plastic apparently....

creepy coupe · 02-13-2009, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Plum

Dealer seemed quite puzzled by it - asked if I'd hit anything in the road. I hadn't. He added that the undertray showed no sign of damage (so nothing had gone through it) and said it must have been that the pulley just fell apart. Apparently half the pulley was missing and there were some remains still attached - belt was intact but in a damaged state (presumably form coming off).

Manufacturing defect?

Is only made of plastic apparently....

Slightly worrying, it's not as if you can keep a spare belt in the boot, if the pulleys at fault.

Mr Plum · 02-13-2009, 06:52 AM

To be honest - even if it was just the belt I'd never get my fat fists in to the 3mm gap to get down there to put it back on anyway!

When I saw where it was there was no question of it not going straight to the dealer!

creepy coupe · 02-13-2009, 07:04 AM

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To be honest - even if it was just the belt I'd never get my fat fists in to the 3mm gap to get down there to put it back on anyway!

When I saw where it was there was no question of it not going straight to the dealer!

I was thinking more of BMW assist changing the belt, if I had one.

Mr Plum · 02-13-2009, 07:27 AM

It was BMW assist who actually took it to the dealer after they saw they belt was off!

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Mr Plum A member 9 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 335i M Sport Touring Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Garden of England iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the advice - checked it out this morning though and it is quite clearly down to the belt having come off the water pump (i think) and the alternator therefore not working. Has had to suffer the ignominy of being flat bedded to the dealers......
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Mr Plum A member 9 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 335i M Sport Touring Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Garden of England iTrader: (0)	It gets better.... the reason the belt has come off is that the plastic pulley that it is attached to has disintegrated.....
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Mr Plum A member 9 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 335i M Sport Touring Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Garden of England iTrader: (0)	Dealer seemed quite puzzled by it - asked if I'd hit anything in the road. I hadn't. He added that the undertray showed no sign of damage (so nothing had gone through it) and said it must have been that the pulley just fell apart. Apparently half the pulley was missing and there were some remains still attached - belt was intact but in a damaged state (presumably form coming off). Manufacturing defect? Is only made of plastic apparently....
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Mr Plum A member 9 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 335i M Sport Touring Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Garden of England iTrader: (0)	To be honest - even if it was just the belt I'd never get my fat fists in to the 3mm gap to get down there to put it back on anyway! When I saw where it was there was no question of it not going straight to the dealer!
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