Interesting. I’ve never had AC looked at. Mine does offer a recharge / refresh service but the phone drone was clueless. Going direct and in person is the answer it seems.

I think we’re on the same page!

I rang my Dealer in Friday to book the car in for an off-spec (early) major service ahead of driving in France in a few weeks. I got offered a £40 ‘safety check’. When I asked for a major service they asked me what I wanted done! Given it’s off a menu based system I ...

It’s the black lever on the left side of this image. It’s actually on top of the bulb so rotate the image clockwise 90° to tell you where it actually is. In other words Left in the image is the top on the car.

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This is on a Xenon car. The E70 doesn’t need adjustment ...

Managed to find the lever for mine. It is right at the back of the projector itself, so as far forward as you can get in front of and above the actual bulb. I can only see it by using an endoscope and I’m not sure that my large hands can get in there! I’m probably going to have to remove the Xenon ...

Page 150 of the BMW On Line manual that downloads into the BMW Guide App. Publication date is August 2010. That’s from before when my X6 was built so must have been the correct version at the time. The on line manual covers all versions and all markets for E70 & E71 as well as the X5M and X6M

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Idrive 7 for the G05 then. Not sure of the Z4, but you could ask in our sister forum

Reading the Owners Manual makes no mention of being able to do this other than with the lock button on the remote key.

What’s causing the key fobs to drop? Charging issue? You can charge key fobs with one of those inductive charging pads or an electric toothbrush base (Braun / Oral B type) that ...

Which version of idrive has it got? Latest version is 8.5 or possibly 9.0 (depends upon model year).

On idrive 8 the manual suggests that to change the sorting one selects the Navigation Menu, select Destinations, Press & Hold the desired menu item and then select “Re-sort list”. It might be the ...

There’s pretty much always a way around ‘special’ tools. All you need is a bit of ingenuity - or in your case two extra hands and a large screwdriver

I think we can safely say that one is well….worn out (being polite).

Could well have been the root cause for your other issues too?

On our E46 the only way to change at least one of the headlight bulbs is to remove/undo and pull forward the front bumper so you can get the headlight forward enough to get into it.

H7 doesn’t have a twist lock….image below is a Bosch H7 12V / 55W

Torque specs:

11 23 Vibration Damper Tightening Torques

1AZ Torsion damper to crankshaft
M57TU M10x86 Replace screws
1st jointing torque 20 Nm
2nd angle of rotation 120 °

BMW of course use a special tool that attaches as below (for HP26 auto):

Realoem suggests H7 for dip and H1 for main on vehicles without Xenon lights.

Might be worth getting the BMW Guide app as you can download the manuals against your VIN and get corrected versions.

I know when my i4 was new, the manual still showed a gear shifter, something BMW removed three months ...

In most cases it’s simple wear & tear.

Pulleys have bearings that go bad and they rumble. Some have rubber bushing that ages, gets brittle and gets noisier. Belts age and stretch, tensioners get weak.

The PAS pump is a vane type and if the shaft bearing goes bad then it allows greater movement in ...