This saved me hours......today on my way home I left a nickel on the roll up door and when I stopped it was gone. Every time I accelerated and braked it rolled back and forth. I did a search on here and found this thread. It appeared that the only fix was the "Long way" which was well documented here. I then came across the "Short cut" which involved removing the panel around the shifter and then removing the shifter. Once those were removed I was disappointed I could not see anything. I came back to this site and read and then I spotted the groove were I thought the coin was rolling, but no coin. I then got in the car and carefully shifted in to reverse and when I hit the brakes the coin rolled back and was in clear view!! Trust me this works and saved me hours and who knows how many broken parts !!
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Originally Posted by bereska
for those who is not quite sure how to pry out that plastic:
this is very easy, watch this video
do as this guy does to remove idrive, but don't disconnect the wiring
then proceed with those four black T30 torx bolts holding the gear selector
you get get a set of those pry plastic tools from harbor freight for $8 or so, same with a set of torx bits for $3 or so
save them for other super easy and rewarding jobs on your bimmer
BTW my dealer-stealer wanted $400+ for this job
let me know how it has worked for you |