Rain Sensor - Fixed
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:12 am
After my recent gearbox woes, got the car back and thought I’d get round to looking at my rain sensor - I was after a slightly cheaper repair job!
Looking through the windscreen it was clear that bubbles had formed in the old sticky pad somehow so I ordered one for £5.95 off fleabay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X5-E53-0 ... 2537289622
Found some instructions here: https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=615032
So after unclipping the plastic surround and removing the electronics from the screen mounted plate - (VERY important you don’t unplug the wiring or it will need re-calibrating apparently) I set about cleaning the old sticky goop off the sensor plate - that took a while with some Isopropyl Alcohol and a plastic scraper, the windscreen cleaned much more easily.
Applied the new sticky pad and hey presto it works, £5.95 well spent!
Looking through the windscreen it was clear that bubbles had formed in the old sticky pad somehow so I ordered one for £5.95 off fleabay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X5-E53-0 ... 2537289622
Found some instructions here: https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=615032
So after unclipping the plastic surround and removing the electronics from the screen mounted plate - (VERY important you don’t unplug the wiring or it will need re-calibrating apparently) I set about cleaning the old sticky goop off the sensor plate - that took a while with some Isopropyl Alcohol and a plastic scraper, the windscreen cleaned much more easily.
Applied the new sticky pad and hey presto it works, £5.95 well spent!
