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ronopolis

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On my '96 328i, every now in then I put in the key to start the car, turn it, and the key just free-spins. Spin spin spin. No resistance at all, I can go around 360+ degrees. Then I either wiggle the key some, or take it in/out, then the car starts as expected. Any idea what causes this?
 
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At first I thought it had something to do with the windshield wipers or George Bush's laptop's hard drive bearings. But after much internal debate and research, I have decided to reccomend that you have a bad ignition switch. Man I need a gatorade.
 
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ronopolis said:
On my '96 328i, every now in then I put in the key to start the car, turn it, and the key just free-spins. Spin spin spin. No resistance at all, I can go around 360+ degrees. Then I either wiggle the key some, or take it in/out, then the car starts as expected. Any idea what causes this?
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Over the weekend a buddy said he had the same thing happen on his 97...325....the mechanic said that they change about 1 a month at his shop so I"m guessig its a common probelm with the cars.....you might try writing to BMW North America and see if you can get them to cover the parts....
 
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epj3 said:
Why would bmw cover the part? For all BMW knows the dude has 5 pounds of keys on the keyring hanging from his ignition.
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Why wouldn't they?

I have a 99-540 with the instrument panel pixel lights are all screwed up....I'm the second owner and I emailed them yesterday they got back to me in 2 hours...I am being directed to a local rep that is going to help in getting it fixed for the price of the labor about $90 cost on the part is $700....so again why not ask and see if there is a replacement program in place sounds to me its a common problem according the my buddy's mechanic
 
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dboy11 said:
Why wouldn't they?

I have a 99-540 with the instrument panel pixel lights are all screwed up....I'm the second owner and I emailed them yesterday they got back to me in 2 hours...I am being directed to a local rep that is going to help in getting it fixed for the price of the labor about $90 cost on the part is $700....so again why not ask and see if there is a replacement program in place sounds to me its a common problem according the my buddy's mechanic
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Hm probably because he has a 10 year old car, and is fixing a problem not covered by a recall or service bulletin like your problem was. After a certain number of years the manufacturer is not required to replace anything, unless it is a saftey item.
 
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