We recently purchased a low mileage (15,000 miles) '96 328 Convertible. Obviously it was the original owner's fair weather baby. He gave me all of the maintenance records at purchase.
The only problems he had with the car centered around the SRS light. It returned to the dealer 3 times in a short period. On two occasions it read a voltage fluctuation that caused the light to go on. They cleared it. The 3rd time, they replaced both airbags as "faulty". Since I have the car (2 months and 700 miles), the light has returned twice. The first time, it could not be cleared easily (diagnostics pointed to voltage again). After much discussion and some searching, it was found that the battery was not appropriate for the car and it was changed to a proper BMW Convertible battery. All was well for 2 weeks. Now the light is on again and we are all scratching our heads.
I made an appointment with the dealer next week. Anyone else have a similar experience?
The only problems he had with the car centered around the SRS light. It returned to the dealer 3 times in a short period. On two occasions it read a voltage fluctuation that caused the light to go on. They cleared it. The 3rd time, they replaced both airbags as "faulty". Since I have the car (2 months and 700 miles), the light has returned twice. The first time, it could not be cleared easily (diagnostics pointed to voltage again). After much discussion and some searching, it was found that the battery was not appropriate for the car and it was changed to a proper BMW Convertible battery. All was well for 2 weeks. Now the light is on again and we are all scratching our heads.
I made an appointment with the dealer next week. Anyone else have a similar experience?