Recent content by marvintherepairman

Good news. The indicator light flickering has resolved itself. I did not make an attempt to take the mirror off to replace the indicator. Oddly, the flickering seemed to stop after the car notified me that the key fob battery needed replacement. I replaced the battery, the flickering stopped...

Thank you for the reply. I have a 2017 Rex. I live in the southeast portion of the U.S. As I don’t drive much at night, I had not noticed the flickering, so I don’t know how long it has been happening. So to me, it has just recently begun. The flickering started when we were having a cold...

Thank you for the info. The replacement part is to arrive within a day or two. I will follow up if I discover anything unusual.

Wanted to check with the community to see if anyone else has experienced this issue. Last night I noticed that my left door rear view mirror turn signal indicator has started flickering when I engage the turn signal. As opposed to the normal on/off, the light indicator itself acts like it has a...

Ditto with regard to the 12v battery. While I bought the car as a one year old CPO, it was around three years old when I was forced to replace the 12v battery. The car had started acting kooky, and then one day would not power up. The kooky disappeared and the car returned to normal op once the...

Thank you, Art. I am under the impression that the 20 inch wheels can not be rotated from side to side. With regard to the replacement 19” wheel that I am considering, with a Rex is it possible to put the same front wheel on the rear, facilitating a normal rotation going forward; i.e., front...

I am considering replacing the original 20 inch wheels that came on my car with new OEM 19 inch wheels and new all season tires. I have a 2017 Rex. I have always fancied the i3 428 style from BMW. I thought there had been a topic with regards to wheel replacement but have not been able to...

Responding to SuperPoly: I installed the same Fahren bulbs as you for the high beams. They have performed well and have increased the reach of the beam. I did have to adjust the beam so that they did not puddle out in front of the car. You might consider having the dealership adjust the beam...

Thanks, frictioncircle. I’ll give it a try. Knowing the advice that I have received has helped. I’ve put music on my phone once again after having removed everything about a year ago. The frustration from automatic play was too much, so I removed everything. Now I have a little more control...

Sounds like a good decision, Arm. The dealer did not make the additional warranty clear, from what I recall, when I inquired about the service.

And yes, patience was a key. When I installed the new battery it was hot as you know what outside and humid. So it was very frustrating that I had to deal with the heat.

Yes, I chose to replace the 12 V battery myself after watching numerous videos on YouTube, and reading of others on their process here on this site. I purchased the Remy. I watched multiple videos to make sure that the process was pretty well uniform across all the videos, just trying to be...

No offense intended, by chance did you forget to press your foot on the brake pedal when turning on? I have done this a couple of times when I was not paying full attention. I had turned on the auxiliary power to the car, but not turned on the high voltage power. It’s an easy mistake to make if...

Thank you for the instructions.

Thank you for pointing out that the i3 head unit pauses media playback on a phone. I just tried it on my car and in fact proved your point. I guess it is obvious that I had no idea. Now if I can figure out a way to keep the media from automatically playing when I start up the car, now that...