FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get this, the right rear taillamp assembly was shorting to the body metal. Clue was that it would usually happen when the hatch was opened and shut, so I remove the fuse and metered the current through a 10 ohm power resistor. Had my wife sit in the watch the needle, I went back and pounded, slammed, jiggled everything in the assend of the car. Banged the right rear corner of the car, short! Wiggle the taillight housing cleared the short. I added plastic caps to all the protruding bolt threads that attach the outside lens, no more trouble. I was very skeptical of the disco way BWM did the interconnect, all those exposed metal runners were begging to be shorted and they did. Damn!! |