99 z3 2.8l roadster

[Sijray21]

well, in classic old bmw fashion i went to get a safety inspection done earlier in the month and as i pull into the queue for the inspection the SRS light comes one... fantastic. I don't even shut off the car and i turn around and head back to work. I pulled the codes and it mentioned the seat buckle for the driver's seat. I decide to try and clear the codes, start it, and checking it again to see if it was legitimate. A few seconds after starting it i heard a big 'POP' and some smoke from under the seat... Turns out the pretensioner detonated. I pulled the seat to find out the wire loom connecting the harness to the buckle was pinched and the wires were exposed (probably just shorted). Ordered the new buckle/pretensioner, installed it, buttoned up the wires and covered them with a harder plastic loom, and routed them in a way that wouldn't get them pinched in the future. I cleared the codes, started her back up, and everything seems good.



In the midst of all this i find out that the driver's side hood latch is sticking. I'll need to take that apart and clean it. I'm able to get it open, but it's a 2-person job as i yank the cable from under the hood (taking out one of the kidney grills) as a person pulls the hood release. Janky BMW is janky.

i'm hoping it's just a cleaning issue and hopefully i don't need to replace the whole cable.

Also next up is an oil change since it's been a year and replacing the oil level sensor.