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In November 2008, my 3251 2006 experienced an electrical problem which ended up costing me close to $700.00 (apparently an overflow of charge which damaged some of the locks)..The car would not open the doors (it un-programmed itself). Today, the same thing happened, took it in to BMW and now they quoted me $1700.00 to fix...the same problem, an excess charge damaged all the locks. I need to know..is this a common problem in these cars?? is there anyting I can do for this. I think $2400.00 in one year is outrageous, besides this problem is not anything I am causing..shoul'nt BMW cover this problem??

Submitted: 130 days and 11 hours ago.
Category: BMW
Value: $20
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Year: 2006
Make: BMW
Make (other): 325i
Model: 325i

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Just taking it to Service at BMW

Posted by bimmaster 130 days and 11 hours ago.

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These have problems with the fuses blowing on for the door locks. Fuse 57 blows, bmw recommends replacing it with a higher 20a fuse.
Then if the fuse blows again, they advise to replace the door locks with high amperage draw. This should be the process they followed.

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The technician states that these BMW's have some type of close circuit that when the excess charge flows through, that is what damages the locks (or something like that), but my real question i guess should be is that changing of the fuses what costs $1700.00, or is it something somebody outside BMW Service can do for less $$...in less than 1 year it has costed me $2400.00.

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Its the locks themselves that can draw too much current, then blow the fuse, and then they all wont work.
They need to follow the procedure above.
Most shops could check the fuse, and replace the door latches as necessary.
The door latches are about $300 each, $1700 seems like alot, depending on how many latches they replaced.

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