Vibration of BMW cars with N63 engine – what is the reason and how to fix it?

BMW driver’s question – vehicle vibration with the N63 engine

I own a BMW with an automatic transmission. After warming up the car, I feel the vehicle vibration, but not on the steering wheel. After taking my foot off the accelerator and during braking, when I switch to N mode, the vibration stops. What is the reason for this behavior of my car?

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Spontaneously fired pyrotechnic clamps in a BMW – is this a common occurrence?

BMW 525i M Sport

BMW driver question

A few days ago, while stopped at traffic lights, the pyrotechnic clamps in my BMW spontaneously fired. In addition, airbag errors appeared.

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Can’t open the sunroof in BMW – how to fix it?

BMW driver’s question – sunroof and discharged battery

The car stood for a long time with the phone charger plugged into the cigarette lighter socket and the sunroof open. After a few hours, it became apparent that the engine could not be started.

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Electrical problems in BMW – simultaneous malfunction of radio and air conditioning display

BMW driver question

I have an electronic problem. My radio has stopped working manually – no response from the buttons, the steering wheel control works. In addition, the climatronic stopped displaying information to me – nothing can be set on it.

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The durability of the valve train on the BMW E60 – when does it need to be replaced or repaired?

BMW E60 driver question about timing chain

I am the owner of a BMW E60. The car has a verified mileage of 167,000 km. Everything in the car works flawlessly. However, the timing chain issue bothers me.

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Steering wheel and gear stick vibration in BMW – how to fix?

BMW driver question – vibration at higher speeds

My problem is vibration of the steering wheel, body and gear stick. With higher revs and speed the problem intensifies. At 120 km/h until it’s scary to drive everything is shaking and telephoning.

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BMW “limping” phenomenon – what is the cause and how to fix it?

BMW driver question – limping BMW

For some time now, I have noticed that the body of my car sways strangely gently (more strongly in the corners). When driving, it feels like driving on a bent wheel or like something is stuck to the tire.

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Damaged cylinder smoothness of BMW engine – how to fix it?

BMW driver question – details of the damage to the smoothness

In my engine, the bottom of the piston was burned all the way to the ring, and the smoothness has a depression (visible in the photos), probably from the burn and fragments of the piston. The compression pressure on this cylinder was 0, and on the others it was about 16 bar and on one 14.5 bar. Before the incident, it was less than 15 bar on all of them.

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Voltage disturbances cause BSD bus problems in BMW – how to fix it?

BMW driver question – a series of problems with BSD bus components

I have an electrical problem with my car. It started a year ago. The air conditioning did not work and there were errors with the IHKA module, but it did not bother me. Recently the alternator died, but in a strange way.

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Knocks from around the pulley, tension rollers and multi-ribbed belt in BMW – how to fix it?

Driver’s question about the pulley on the BMW

I would like to ask about a technical issue. Most willingly I would personally put the car back to you, but unfortunately I live a little far away. Namely, the problem I have is that after replacing the pulley, tensioner and all the belts, there appeared such a characteristic cyclic rattle from the front of the engine.

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