The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

No. Just some dude.

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This guy wrecked his car. He did all the repairs himself (to include replacing the air bags) and now needs to drive the car to body and paint shop. But it won't start.

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"No flamesuit required"

Told him I was pretty sure air bag deployment activated a kill switch of sorts.

"No flamesuit required"

Wow. I would've sent this straight to the scrapper.

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Originally Posted by LivesNearCostco

To respond to question why shouldn't the lower end of the spring sit in the lower perch pocket?
1) The lower is not a pocket to capture the end of the spring, it's a notch to fit a spring compressor arm in there
2) Look at shape of lower notch and upper notch--very different shapes at least on OEM strut
3) Spring shouldn't turn with steering (whole strut turns on bearing in strut hat). But when you compress the spring the ends may rotate relative to each other, so if you have both top and bottom ends captured in pockets, they won't stay there all the time.

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That makes sense. I was just guessing because I was assuming the notch was correct and couldn't explain why it would change.

So a couple of times when I go to unlock my car, it only unlocks the drivers door no matter how many times I push the button (on the key or inside the car) The only way to let a passenger in was to open the door from the inside. Anyone know why? Is it something weird that I just happen to have done each time or is it some electrical gremlin?

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Originally Posted by theothersawyer

So a couple of times when I go to unlock my car, it only unlocks the drivers door no matter how many times I push the button (on the key or inside the car) The only way to let a passenger in was to open the door from the inside. Anyone know why? Is it something weird that I just happen to have done each time or is it some electrical gremlin?

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Thank you!!!

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Originally Posted by danewilson77

Told him I was pretty sure air bag deployment activated a kill switch of sorts.

"No flamesuit required"

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Anyone confirm this?

"No flamesuit required"