The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[derbo]

I'm glad you and the car are ok Alex.

Anyone know what this is?

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The black piece? That is the piece they used to separate the ground wire from the harness and ground it properly. This was their fix for the taillight recall.

Here is the service bulletin.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...1v438-4559.pdf


If it isn't what you are asking, then forget I said anything.

[stephenkirsh]

1.) How do you remove the hood emblem?
2.) are the grommets in there generally ok to reuse?

[Vas]

Use something soft and gentle to pry under it. And if you got an emblem kit it comes with new grommets. Otherwise I would get new ones.

[stephenkirsh]

Ok.

My dad had an extra emblem lying around, no grommets though. Thx

[fredo]

I've replaced the hood emblem on two different cars. The dealer recommended to use a plastic box strap (like this one) and it works nicely.

Just slide it under the hood emblem, one side at a time while pulling up. For the grommets, I reused the old ones without issues. GL.

[ELCID86]

The black piece? That is the piece they used to separate the ground wire from the harness and ground it properly. This was their fix for the taillight recall.

Here is the service bulletin.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...1v438-4559.pdf


If it isn't what you are asking, then forget I said anything.

Yes, thanks, sorry I should have been more descriptive (or pointed)! So these appear to have had the recall done (I bought the RYR rears separate). Thanks.

[ELCID86]

I've replaced the hood emblem on two different cars. The dealer recommended to use a plastic box strap (like this one) and it works nicely.

Just slide it under the hood emblem, one side at a time while pulling up. For the grommets, I reused the old ones without issues. GL.

I thought you'd gotten a new chair!

[danewilson77]

1.) How do you remove the hood emblem?
2.) are the grommets in there generally ok to reuse?

Easiest way I've found

1.) How do you remove the hood emblem?
2.) are the grommets in there generally ok to reuse?

Easiest way I've found is to use fishing line or the plastic strapping sometimes used when I receive shipped items.

"No flamesuit required"

[az3579]

The black piece? That is the piece they used to separate the ground wire from the harness and ground it properly. This was their fix for the taillight recall.

Here is the service bulletin.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...1v438-4559.pdf

My dealer "performed the fix" for me and doesn't look like that at all.
I originally had the fix done by the PO the day I bought the car from him, well before any Service Bulletin came out for it. All he did was take out the ground wire, splice a connector on the end, and connect it to the "tab" in our tail light bulb carrier. When I went to the dealer to have the "fix" done, they had the car for an hour and said it was done. I checked it and it was pretty much untouched. I never received any new connectors (even though there was a hole burned through the ground pin on the harness connector) and the same cheapo fix is still in place today...

Since I already had the "fix" in place, they didn't do anything to it despite it still looking like a cheap repair. It's kind of annoying that I now have a burned hole through the harness connector and it will never be fixed by them since I already had something in place.

[ELCID86]

SES upon start at the train station this evening. Code P0302 misfire on cylinder 2. It was 19* out. Not sure if ambient temp has an effect or not.


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