3 Series E36 Z3 (M52) ROADST
VS-22/Zink
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Datum/Date:
06/2000
Update: 06/2001
False anti-theft alarm by radio-operated passenger compartment sensor
Z3 roadster
Complaint:
The anti-theft alarm system (DWA) occasionally triggers a false alarm.
Cause:
One or both of the radio-operated passenger compartment sensors are 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
Remedy:
In case of customer complaint, read off the DWA "alarm counter" with DIS or MoDiC. If
several entries relating to the radio-operated passenger compartment sensors (FIS), both
FIS modules must be replaced by one radar passenger compartment sensor module.
Procedure:
The procedure is illustrated on a LHD vehicle. Perform the vehicle-specific repair steps in a
mirror-image fashion on RHD vehicles.
Disconnect battery.
Remove oddments compartment.
Remove lower left-hand instrument panel trim.
Unplug connector (1) on left-hand FIS
module (2). Tie the connector back on
the wiring harness and remove the FIS
module.
Remove FIS module (1) on right-hand
side of centre console (2).
SI False anti-theft alarm by radio-operated passenger compartment sensor Z3 roadste
BMW AG - TIS
10.02.2013 23:17
Issue status (12/2007) Valid only until next DVD is issued
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