M35 Info

[iamhe77]

I am thinking of selling the ARX for a PM35 ARX

I'd suggest you wait just a little bit to do that.

[jasevr4]

Any tips on a creaky drivers side window? Do M35's suffer the slight drivers door "drop" that so many cars have?

[slippylotion]

Mine has that on the front passenger. Mines the widow when fully shut. If I open it a whisker it stops. I'm going to reset the window stop to hopefully fix it.

[impul535w]

Q: would V35 skyline seat rails fit an M35?

[scotty nm35]

Yep, I have a V35 Bride rail in the drivers side anyway. Havent tried the passenger one but i'm sure it would fit.

[impul535w]

Sweet. Thanks bud.

[jasevr4]

So if my indicators aren't working on one side of my car only, any ideas?

Other side of the car works fine. Left hand side, it ticks/dash light flashes really fast. Relay or fuse?

[PN-Mad]

Generally means one bulb is out, or technically, there is not enough resistance in the system.

Checked all the bulb, and/or installed LED lights anywhere?

Thats about it from my experience.

[jasevr4]

Generally means one bulb is out, or technically, there is not enough resistance in the system.

Checked all the bulb, and/or installed LED lights anywhere?

Thats about it from my experience.

Ok so the full story is that it was dying a slow death. I'd indicate and three click in I'd get two fast ones, then three good ones again. I figured that was the sign for "replace the globe", since it was on the rear left that wasn't working. So I did, but it didn't change anything, and now a few days later, it just clicks fast all the time and I have no indicators on the left hand side.

[jasevr4]

Anyone know if there is a relay for each side of the M35's indicators?

[bigkevracer]

Sorry, read this and I didn't post.

Have you got the indicators in your mirrors?

I had similar behaviour from mine when I picked it up from the alarm installer, ended up they'd knocked the wiring for the mirrors, and because they're scotch locked into the main harness the scotch lock had cut through the wiring.

Wiring is down in the drivers footwell, behind the panel forward of the door.

Not sure if that's what it is, but worth checking. It was flashing fast all the time and I had no indicators in the left hand side, but the LEDs in the mirrors did.

[zei20l]

AFAIK the BCM does the headlight flashing. dont think its a relay, but there may be a flasher unit in there

[jasevr4]

I'll definitely be looking at this tonight as that is where my reverse camera control unit was that I fixed about a week ago (when this problem started), so it kind of makes sense that it's a related problem. Thanks!

[jasevr4]

Sorry, read this and I didn't post.

Have you got the indicators in your mirrors?

I had similar behaviour from mine when I picked it up from the alarm installer, ended up they'd knocked the wiring for the mirrors, and because they're scotch locked into the main harness the scotch lock had cut through the wiring.

Wiring is down in the drivers footwell, behind the panel forward of the door.

Not sure if that's what it is, but worth checking. It was flashing fast all the time and I had no indicators in the left hand side, but the LEDs in the mirrors did.

I'm not finding much.

Mine doesn't have the mirror indicators so I may be barking up the wrong tree.

[jasevr4]

Actually, thinking in the same mindset of Ryan's situation (cable slowly being "pulled" or broken, which makes sense in my situation), is there a cable from the ECU that would stop the indicators working for just one side of the car? I did do the wire snip mod on the same day as the indicators started becoming intermittent.

[jasevr4]

Ah ha!

Found this document (not sure if it's really that relevant), but it at least pointed me in the right direction..

http://www.psedog.com/cars/fsm/g35/coupe/2003/bcs.pdf

Went searching and found that there's a pink and.. yellow? cable down there that had some electrical tape around it. Seemed a bit suss, so I took the tape off and sure enough the solder had come undone. I suspect that when my alarm was installed the installer cut this wire by accident and soldered it up but while I've been under there it's come loose. Anyway it's all fixed up and working now so I'm stoked!

[Dunc]

Ah ha!

Found this document (not sure if it's really that relevant), but it at least pointed me in the right direction..

http://www.psedog.com/cars/fsm/g35/coupe/2003/bcs.pdf

Went searching and found that there's a pink and.. yellow? cable down there that had some electrical tape around it. Seemed a bit suss, so I took the tape off and sure enough the solder had come undone. I suspect that when my alarm was installed the installer cut this wire by accident and soldered it up but while I've been under there it's come loose. Anyway it's all fixed up and working now so I'm stoked!

Awesome, good work!

[zei20l]

yup BCM!

and i meant indicators flashing not headlights lol

[jasevr4]

Hmmm turns out I didn't fix the problem.

If the BCM was stuffed, would it permanently not work? Or be intermittent? Intermittent seems like a cable contact issue don't you think?

Are the BCM's easy to swap in and out? Is it just a matter of unplugging it, putting the new one in and plugging that in? If I can borrow another one just to test it would certainly make troubleshooting a lot easier.

[zei20l]

there are a few bolts holding it in, but unplugging all the looms from the front and back and it will come out fine.

dont worry about the plugs, they are ALL different