Domnule Ovidiu. Esti un om deosebit si cu adevarat un doctor pt masini. Cand am vazut ce finut lucrezi si manevresi piesele wow deci asa ceva rar. In ziua de azi nu mai gasesti mecanici buni care sa se ocupe de lucruri mici si importante. Ne ai salvat de ka o cheltuiala deosebita. Iti multumesc mult

This is a great video. I fixed my car this afternoon saving hundreds of pounds. You made a complicated job become simple with your clear explanations.

A true professional. I like they way you clean the car trims as you replace them. Shows a pride in your work that a lot of others could learn from.👍

Great video and very well explained fix of this annoying problem in our F46 220d grand tourer (7.5 yrs / 174.000km). We have the plug-in connecter for mobile phones in the arm rest, which comes with three more connectors to be carefully removed. The repair took me about three hours, with a couple of interruptions to study the respective sequences of the video. It‘s fun 😅

First of all, I have searched ages for someone showing me how to remove the arm rest. You really should add the bmw F45 in your title, because it’s the same car. Also you can make three other videos of this video, because you’re the only one showing how to remove the console and armrest out of this car.

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that it helped you !

@Topdog-stungun

Жыл бұрын

thank you x 1000.Superb video.

You are better than many professors. Thank you whether I do this myself or not.

One of the best videos I have seen so far regarding the removal of BMW 2 grand tourer trim. Thank you!

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for appreciation ! I have more interesting videos!

Excellent, thank you for your video, just made myself this modification as mine was also broke! Amazing what a small spring can cause to your pockets!

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I'm glad that you was able to doit, if you want to suport give this video a like, subscribe and share this, and don't forget to check out my channel I have many interesting videos!

Have the same problem at f45. Fixed it by 4 hours. Thanks to you, man.

There is no better way to make a repair video. 1000 Many thanks for this 🥰

This video is excellent! Thank you for creating and sharing. I was quoted £1000 by BMW (with 'discounted labour rates') to fix the issue, and after watching this I spent about 3-4 hours very gently walking through it, and my car is now fixed (and cleaner since I spent some of that time hoovering it out in the process). The spring cost about 50p. The only difficulty I had was making sure the electrical plugs (particularly the one that clips back to the top of the gearstick unit for the gearstick lights) were accessible to put back - that gearstick light plug had ended up hidden so had to back-step a little to untrap it and route it back up to the correct position.

Excellent video! You've done a much better job at clearly illustrating what's involved in this repair (unlike some other poorly shot and edited videos out there.)

I finally fixed it today. The gear did not work during the first installation. I removed the gear again. I finally made it.. thank you very much for everything.

@MOvidiu

5 ай бұрын

Nice work!

Thankyou for taking the time and effort to upload this video. It made quite difficult job very easy. Kudos my man 👍🏼

I repaired my MINI F56 thanks to this video (actually my brother did haha). You saved me from spending 800€ on a new selector. God bless you! 😁

@MOvidiu

Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

This is the best youtube tutorial that I have ever seen.

Sensational video - BMW Australia have quoted me $1,600 (EUR 1,000) for the gear lever assembly, then you'd need to add a labour cost! I'll try fixing it your way in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

Great video, very detailed, much appreciated, Got quoted $A2,700 by BMW in Victoria Australia and thought I would do it myself. Took around 6 hours as I wanted to go very slowly and its quite easy to break some the plastic tabs etc. Also wanted to document the wires and where they went so it would all work properly when done. All sorted, thanks again. You're a legend.

@MOvidiu

Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@mirsoo548

Жыл бұрын

@@MOvidiu wo bist du machst du so eine Reparatur?

De fiecare data cand ma uit la video-ul asta ii ca si cum il vad pentru prima data. Nu na mai satur sa ma uit la el. Deci e prea bun. Succes iti urez

Absolutely perfect! Clear, direct, problem solved! Thank you!!

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

thank you for such a great video. I have exactly the same problem in my car. I will attempt fixing it following your steps. can't thank you enough pal. keep up the good work

You help me a lot. I replaced my fauty ring on my f48 automatic by my self. It took me a time,but problem fixed and everything working fine. All the best and many thanx for yours videos. 👍

Good work! Very simple repair. Always clean and perfectly))

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Thank you very much for your video. Your video helped me to save a lot of money! Greetings from Germany.

Bro, u do great work, keep it up! World needs U, thank you!

Thankyou for the easy to follow guide, just completed this repair on my 218d.

Super guide, saved ne hundreds, thank you Ovidiu. Took me kre time than 15 minutes but with patience and attention to details I've done it and it seems OK so far. Ps: is wort to take some pictures with the cable alignment before unplug them all,my model is a little bit newer but the principle is the same.👍😁

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

Hello boos, it works perfectly without any problem. You told me about the problem exactly even without you see and now perfect. Many thanks bro.

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Thank you for making this video, it gave me the confidence to make this repair. Garages only want to replace the whole selector mechanism, which costs a lot of money in parts alone. I found replacement springs on ebay for a few pounds. Following the video was easy and I completed the job in half a day.👌

@5rfvbhy6

11 ай бұрын

Donation made on PayPal, thanks again

@MOvidiu

11 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@tharappeljames1406

9 ай бұрын

@@MOvidiu Very well demonstrated, thank you very much. Could you please add a part number for this spring. Thanks in advance

Thanks a lot for this! Mine broke around 140k kms. It took me net around 6 hours, doing everything slowly. Hardest part was getting the plastic pin out from gear selector. I must say it looks like a design failure. The spring wire under normal use is practically pushed against a plastic wedge, no wonder it breaks after a while. The spring broke exactly at the touch point where the edge is. In any case, great tutorial!

What are the lubricants and connector sprays that you use in this and other videos about the gearbox?

All that effort for one small spring 😱 “Not great, not terrible” - one of my favorite sayings since I watched the Chernobyl series 😏 Thanks for the video and take care!!

Thank you for sharing your tips. I repaired my car thanks to this video.

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you for making this vid. 95% of the reason I was able to complete this repair(on my Mini Cooper)is due to your efforts.

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Hello ! thanks for your feedback Glad it helped

@Baner424

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a 2016/7 Mini also? This just popped up to me so I don't want to do everything for it to turn out not being useful

@johnskedgell405

2 жыл бұрын

My wife’s 2016 Mini Cooper clubman s had the same message. Dug in and removed shifter and had the same problem. Shifter was exactly the same. Not able to use same spring so need to order a new one or try and find one. Ordered on eBay but first one was too small….need to find a larger diameter hole…..hope I can put it all back together. Gavin Blaesner has a KZread channel where he shows how to replace the shifter…..does not show what you have with fixing the spring….the two vids together tells what you need to know for 2014-2019 Mini Cooper.

Such a rare A+ tutorial. Hats off to to you sir, this was really helpful.

I have this problem with my x1 f48. Thanks for the video, now i can see if i have the same problem. 0$ with your video, 1000$ in garage

Very good brother. Happy birthday !!! excellent video.

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great!!! I had this problem last night, ordered the spring on amazon and this morning I did the job and everything is okkkkk!!!! Thank you

@joemikefernandes

7 ай бұрын

Hi, can you give me a link for the spring. Or a name? Thank you in advance.

Excellent video. Really made a complicated job straightforward. Thank you

Thank you very much for this walkthrough. Just did this today, and this video helped me very much. Saved me a lot of money. You are the best 💪

@MOvidiu

5 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Awesome write up. My car just reported the same error. Have to decide if I’m going to have a go or find someone reasonable.

I just did that 3 hours of work and done, thank you very much, u deserve some beeers

Great tutorial, can i ask if i only need to change parking brake switch do i need to remove all the panels or can the switch be removed without removing all the panels thanks alot in advance

Buenos dias ,muy bien explicado.el clip o muelle de reparacion de donde lo sacas?Donde podria comprarlo.

Very complicated process, but you are a genius 😇

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Hi many thanks of making this video, it helped me a lot of replacing the torsion spring. I had a phone tray in the arm rest that maked it a bit complicated to disconnect the wires because they rent trough the arm rest, but all went good. Good to make pictures of the wires and how they were connected. I have a 225XE Hybrid and couldn't disconnect the battery, but all went fine.

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Excellent videos thank you ….. but if change the mechanism with the second generation is possible and the problem expire ?

Great tutorial, cleaning and greasing everything. I wish you were close to take my car for this and any other fix.

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Thank you very much for such detailed instructions!

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for appreciation!

What is the white gel that you put on the plastic when closing it ? And is it important to do ?

as always excellent and enjoyable work RR

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you! Very good video, I believe I can change myself based on your guidance.

Thank you so much, this video helped me sort this problem out on my Mini.

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Hi, if the error still appears by reconnecting only the selector, is there something wrong? Or do you have to reconnect everything? Thank you!

Amazing video. Just followed this video to fix my 2016 220d Gran Tourer. Had the same fault message on dash and got the spring from Alibaba or Wish (can't remember which) for £3.50ish. They actually sent two for the price. Took me about 2.5 hours all in as wanted to be gentle and not break anything. Only issues I had was gear knob wouldn't pull off so left it on and carried on and I couldn't find the pin needed to push out to disconnect the gear cable at first- if this happens to you change the position of the gear selector until it lines up with the hole.

@yazimomen9886

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i have same problem, may I know it is possible to give me the link to alibaba on the spring? Thanks heaps.

@sohailu8058

Жыл бұрын

Hey, same problem here, I am also interested in the link. I would really appreciate it if you pm me the link. Thanks!

@donnawatson6518

Жыл бұрын

Hi, could you share the spring link please?

@donnawatson6518

Жыл бұрын

Hi, could you share the spring link please?

Esti minunat omule, multumiri!!!

Great video...ive just replaced my broken spring and fault has gone The only problem I have is the illumination on top of the gear shift lever has stopped working?

Thanks a lot for this awesome video and your detail explanation is excellent. Further I am owning 2016 218i petrol active tourer and I have the same issues. By looking into the manhour effort it might be an expensive repair, hence shall I continue to drive with this warning until my next major service approx at 10 months or do I need attend this issue immediately. Please advise as I am not an expert in automobile.

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, you can drive it like this if the permanent warning message won't disturb you

you are an absolute legend thanks for the video!

Well explained video. Great. But how exactly do you have to bend the spring? Or where do you get a new one?

thanks for the instructions, done in 3 hours.

Amazing work and video!! 🙌🙌

Thank You for this detailed Video and your Explonation. With your help I was able to fix this Problem on my BMW 220d X-Drive.

@MOvidiu

7 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

BMW quoted over £1000, local BMW Specialist quoted £850, local garage did the job for 3 hours labour using this video. Thanks so much for doing this video.

@jahangirhaiderify

2 жыл бұрын

I worry i have similar issue but my active tourer is not engaging parking brake and brake switch is just freely moving up and down.

@alnasirdatoo7412

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you take your car, I have the same problem in my 2 series gran tourer, thanks

@EasyTiger1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@alnasirdatoo7412 Just to a local garage, showed them this video and they agreed they could do it.

@alnasirdatoo7412

2 жыл бұрын

@@EasyTiger1969 thanks I think I will do the same.

I would really like to thank you. I have just made it on my F46. Tnx!

Great explanation was very detailed and I was able to follow and fix the problem thank you so much for putting the video up 👍

Just done a sprig replacement. Error has gone. But on shifter the "P" is not light green, just ambient red. All other shifts light up properly, just not "P". Car scanner on obd don't show any gearbox error. What could gone wrong?

Gran bel video, complimenti! Considerando che si è spaccata una molla d'acciaio, come presumo anche nel mio caso, non pensi che questo problema sia un difetto di fabbricazione e quindi coperto da garanzia da BMW?

Thank you for your Excellent video , my car has same problem, car BMW 220D luxury auto do you have any part number for that spring? Thanks

Bravo, domnule! Felicitări! M-am uitat doar de curiozitate. Dar cinste ție pentru munca depusă.

Absolutely genius!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great video!!! Now i will fix my brothers car. Thank you friend a lot 😉

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help , don't forget to share this video !

To remove cover of the gear selector you need to push in some specific place or it just should go up?

Very helpful, my issue with the gear selector was exactly like you describe, what I don't understand is that BMW ask hundreds € to change the complete system just for a broken little spring ... Many thanks from France!

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Hello ! you are right , it is a small spring ...but that part coms as a single component and that's why is so expensive .

Execellent problem solving…thanks 👌👌👌

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome 👍

Well done,Perfect,Bravo.......Very good tutorial.

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I don't own a bmw. I still watched the whole thing 😂 Wonderful DIY 👏

@MOvidiu

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your appreciation and for the feedback!

Thanks for the great video.

Super tutoriel. Un grand merci. Panne résolu. 👍

Well done mate. Really appreciate it

Domnule, sunteti un om priceput si se vede de departe ca stiti bine pe ce, cand si cum sa puneti mana. Probabil ca nu m-as incumeta simgur sa fac asta daca as avea aceasta problema (am un F45), dar daca apare voi sti ca poate nu e bine sa merg la reprezentanta sa ma "usuce" de bani. Felicitari! O spun nu doar pentru pricepere, ci si pentru cum a fost facuta filmarea. Se vede treaba ca sunteti un "perfectionist". Mi-ar placea sa va pot contacta daca as avea probleme cu masina (inca nu sunt probleme, dar probabil vor veni!)

@MOvidiu

2 жыл бұрын

Ma bucur ca va place munca mea , Dar oficial nu se repara acest modul , o reparatie corespunzatoare si profesionala pentru problema din clip (si nu numai ) se face prin inlocuirea modulului, ne negociabil ! faptul ca se poate repara si am si aratat cum, asta in inseamba ca asta e o regula si acum va trebui si reprezentantele sa faca asa . Pentru viitoare posibile problem cu masina va trebui sa apleati la reprezentanta locala sau la un specialist din zona dvs !

@edraghici

2 жыл бұрын

@@MOvidiu sigur ca inteleg lucrurile astea! Voisem doar sa spun ca atunci cand (si daca) vor aparea probleme (cu acest modul, ori altele multe cate pot sa apara) ma voi documenta mult mai temeinic decat pana acum si, poate (de ce nu?), cu putin ajutor din partea cuiva mai indemanatic decat mine, as incerca sa rezolv singur. Daca nu iese, asta e! Tot la reparatia oficiala voi ajunge. Ideea e sa nu stric mai mult decat era, iar astfel de filme sunt de ajutor! Mersi pentru raspuns!

Hello, what is that white substance you used? Is it lubricant, oil?

Thank you so much for so excellent explanation. However, I have a trouble about gear selector, I can not achieve that yellow unlock lever unlock the P gear althoug everything seems work well. If someone could help me withthis I would be so grateful.

Thanks! I have a hybride f45. I have just to remove the 12v before the operation ? Or they have another procédure?

@nohupable

Жыл бұрын

Did you disconnect the battery?

Thank you very much for your detailed video. You saved me:)

Hola, es necesario borrar el fallo?, lo he reparado y no se quita el error.

Great video, I hope I can make it. The error deletes itself automatically? Driving a 225 xe do I need to take precautions before I start taking everything out

Just a quick question you cannot replace that spring for a much stronger one?? I dont why bmw did this ,is so bad all that work just for a spring.

Thank you very much for your fantastic video 👍👍 This saved me a lot of money. The change of the spring was done within two hours. Very cool 😎

@MOvidiu

7 күн бұрын

Great to hear!

hello can someone tell wat kind of spring in need how big must be

What a great DIY, thx dude!!!

@MOvidiu

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, glad you enjoyed

Cuánto tiempo tardaste en hacer todo el proceso ? Gracias

First of all great Video! i have the same error on my f10 m5…. could this be the same issue?

Merci pour la vidéo tu m'a beaucoup aidé (b)

Thank you. I got it too. saved a lot of money

@MOvidiu

Жыл бұрын

Great!

i have the same problem. same error msg. but on mine it show the parking lights was engaged. sending my x1 to the service centre tmr.

非常感謝您的教學 來自台灣的車主 因為您的影片我可以省下很多錢

thank’s for that man.. you helped me to save a lot of money 🎉

Thanks, I don't have this problem (yet), but I do need to remove the centre console.

Thank you very much. Very helpfull.