[Spridgets] OT: Chasing down an electrical gremlin

[bighealey at charter.net]

Check your local parts houses.  Some (Autozone here in CA) have a diagnostic computer you can hook up for free (with deposit).  get the failure codes and then the parts house can intrepret the error codes.  In my case on a 2000 Ford ranger we hooked it up and the error code indicated a rear axle sensor was bad.  I bought the 25 dollar part installed it and it has been working ever since.  A good bmw shop will have a gt-1 computer that will get right to the heart of the problem.


---- Chris Manuel <cmanuel at wi.rr.com> wrote: 
> Hi all-
> 
> My grocery getter (2000 BMW 528iT) has decided to randomly go into "stolen"
> mode and set off the factory alarm while in the garage, and more
> disturbingly now, as I drive.
> 
> We've had 5 inches of rain over the weekend, but it was not driven in it, so
> I'm thinking moisture somewhere.  Any recommendations on an electronic
> drying spray I can use on the contacts or?   I have a fan on the central
> computer/module area to dry it as well, although it wasn't noticeably wet.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Chris
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