BMW 530i Electrical Issues

jnicholsid
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:12:00 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

2001 530i, auto, 90K miles, owned for 18 months.

Seems to have random electrical glitches that affects the right side mirror, windows, locks. Sometimes they work as designed, but more and more frequently they work intermittently.

Sometimes it acts as if possessed, acting on its own, other times being dimwitted and slow to react. Independent repair shop flashed the general controller which fixed it for 2 days, then it got worse than before.

Do i need a new controller or is there a relay/short circuit gremlin at work?

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