3 Series E36 Z3 (M52) ROADST
VS-22/Zink
Baugruppe/Group: 65
65 08 01 (709)
weltweit außer
USA
Datum/Date:
06/2001
False anti-theft alarm by radar-operated passenger compartment sensor
Z3 roadster
Complaint:
The anti-theft alarm system (DWA) occasionally triggers a false alarm. The radar interior
protection is stored in the "DWA alarm counter" as the triggering factor.
This Service Information bulletin only applies to vehicles in which a radar-operated
passenger compartment sensor module (SDR) with software status lower than 14.0 was
installed based on Service Information bulletin "False anti-theft alarm by radio-operated
passenger compartment sensor" 65 01 00 (555).
Cause:
The SDR module is too sensitive.
Affected
vehicles:
Z3 roadster with anti-theft alarm system (option 302)
Production period:
RHD vehicles from May 1997 to March 2001
LHD vehicles from April 1998 to March 2001
Procedure:
In case of customer complaint, read off the DWA "alarm counter" with DIS or MoDiC. If
several entries relating to the radar-operated passenger compartment sensor are found,
check the software status of the SDR module and replace the SDR module if necessary.
1.
Disconnect battery.
2.
Remove oddments compartment. Please refer to Repair Instructions "Removing and
installing oddments compartment",
RA 51 16 200.
3.
Fold up both flaps of carpet in area of handbrake lever.
4.
Check software status at SDR module and replace SDR module if necessary (see Fig.
1).
Figure 1
If software status is lower than 14.0:
Replace SDR module.
If software status is 14.0 or higher
Do not replace SDR module.
SI False anti-theft alarm by radar-operated passenger compartment sensor Z3 roadste
BMW AG - TIS
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