1999 BMW 328I Electrical system Problems

“I have a 1999 Bmw 328I (e46 body). Within the past couple of years, I have had recurring issues, usually on hot or cold days, where the door locks and windows will not function properly. In addition, when locked, the car alarm will go off at random intervals. I've even had one instance where the windows rolled up automatically and the doors locked while I was still in the car and the only way I could get out was by unlocking the doors with the electric key fob. Neither opening the door handle or unlocking from the center console worked. …”

“1999 Bmw 328I. Vehicle is registered and is a daily driver in massachusetts. While driving the vehicle on 05/01/2021 in the boston area on a smooth road at night, the driver side door & side curtain airbags deployed. No accident, no potholes, nothing out of the ordinary, just driving and then an explosion from airbags and the vehicle was also immobilized at the battery.”

“Car parked in the garage over 24hrs ignited and resulted into fire. No known issue before the incident occur, from the looks of the car the fire started in the interior of the car and could have been caused by electrical. No after market installed equipment, no equipment left inside the car that have caused the fire. Almost burned down my house.”

“Gm5 control module door lock failure. Intermittent failure, usually in hot or humid weather, causes door unlocking to fail using either the key fob or the console button. When this occurs, the doors cannot be unlocked from the inside. Only the driver door can be unlocked using the physical key inserted from the outside of the door! There are entire websites, message boards, and even micro-businesses dedicated to fixing this flaw in the gm5 control module, but I feel this is also a very dangerous safety issue as passengers cannot exit the vehicle when this malfunction occurs. …”

“About 6 a.m., there was a big boom; fire spread to garage (two car), burning it to the ground and burning up, additionally, most of our garden equipment, all of our fishing gear, and many miscellaneous items. This was at our summer home in virginia, whose telephone number I have given you. You can talk to my husband, seaborn p. Jones, who was present at the time of the incident. I am in philadelphia for the month of july. P campbell.”