I've had this same problem. It was caused by water getting into the load space and into the battery box (which has no drain holes), soaking the electronics that are adjacent to the battery (ie under the spare wheel, under the compressor 'hump' and under the black plastic cover held in place by three ...

Please note, I've posted this into the wrong section of the Forum.  Maybe an Admin can move it to the E53 Forum.

Alan

The problem I have is that the Scanner does not show-up in device manager, and I've tried with it unpowered and powered from the car. Until I can get the device to be recognised by the PC (ie to show-up in device manager), I can't load a driver. What I don't know is if, in addition to installing the ...

I really need some help from someone who's actually managed to get their BMW 1.4.0 scanner working in either XP or Windows 7. I got the scanner (Chinese copy) a week ago and have tried and tried and tried, but it still isn't working. I should say that I've read many posts on several of the BMW ...

Hi, I've just taken the decision to replace the rear axle air suspension system on my 2002 X5 3.0D with coil springs after water leaked into the plastic battery box (fixed now) and destroyed the EHC module. I've read too many horror stories on this forum about the air suspension system and I'm ...

Hi, I've just taken the decision to replace the single axle air suspension system on my 2002 X5 3.0D with coil springs after water leaked into the plastic battery box (fixed now) and destroyed the EHC module. I've read too many horror stories on this forum about the air suspension system and I'm ...