Toyota Mechanic Works on a BMW. How Hard Can It Be?

In This video we work on a BMW Supra in the first actual issue that came into the shop with the new Toyota Supra.

This BMW Supra has a problem with the door lock that prevents driving as it slams the vehicle into park thinking the door is open. We take the door apart to replace the faulty door open\close contact which is part of the latch.

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0:00 Intro
0:36 What's Wrong With This Car?
2:44 BMW Diagnosis?
6:05 Door Panel Removal
15:56 Door Disassembly
21:33 Glass Removal Problems
26:39 Latch Removal
33:43 It's Out! Halfway point?
37:35 Reassembly
1:02:36 Operation Was a Success?
1:09:10 Thoughts on working on a BMW

[kevinfrench]

The fact that you didn't curse like a sailor is entertaining in itself. You have the patience of a saint.

[bobdoingbobthings]

It's always entertaining watching someone else struggle with German cars.

[sushi]

I took the door apart of my Rav4 Prime in just a few minutes. Re-drilled the speaker holes, installed new speakers, removed the mirrors, installed the new sequential blinkers (turn signals) and put the cover back on in half an hour. All together it took 1 hour for 2 doors. Great Toyota engineering. Most of the time it needs 10mm socket, plastic pry tool and a screwdriver.

[sagarasouske]

That MR2 is sitting in the back and looking at the Supra like: "Kids are so fragile these days."

[mrsyg]

BMW managed to over complicate a simple door-latch that can make the car inoperable. Truly marvelous engineering 👏🏽

[Pantimoto]

thats why i have mad respect for M539 Restoration in youtube, coz he restores bmw's and knows all about them. he's not even a mechanic, he's an IT guy

[steffenchristmas]

5:24 "I reeeally dislike working on BMW's but.... we have to, this is one for the team"

[djF]

Master class in how to cuss without using one swear word! So glad that I never bought a BMW.
Great video.

[edwinestrada]

Im a 24 years experience bmw mechanic and is so interesting to see someone else working on bmw car the first time, have fun my friend!😃

[xman]

He is the mechanic version of Bob Ross, even same tone of voice and demeanor 😂 I would watch his painting shows all the time

[lukewalker]

I am an automotive engineer and you summarized perfectly the German mindset. Complexity for complexity sake. It is in fact the BMW business model.
Now you have to ask yourself, why? Are German engineers dumb people? I have worked with many German engineers. They are not dumb. So why? Complexity exists for profit and as it turns out, it is sometimes harder to design something simple to perform the same task.
As to why Toyota adopted BMW door architecture and not a LC500 door structure you referenced? Simple. The latch switch is part and parcel of the BMW harness which utilizes BMW body control modules. The Supra as you point out is a BMW through and through. A LC500 door architecture which is much simpler and even more elegant in design is incompatible with BMW's BCM's.
The deceitful world we live in if not smart enough to understand 'many' modern cars are designed with excessive complexity for profit and replacement part sales out of warranty.
It has grown, much worse in the last even 5 years. Hybrids with redundant drivelines aka two powertrains in one automobile are an absolute joke and automaker money grab.
Hard to buy a good, simple analog car now. Automakers know the public is ignorant and take advantage of this fact.

[mattsanchez]

That was easily one of the most painful fixes I’ve ever watched….also kudos to you for not uttering a single expletive!

[mojavedesertsonorandesert]

"Take one for the team" 😂lol, being dramatic when not being dramatic! 😂😂😂 Best mechanic 🧰 show ever!

[BarzyKhAbdulkareem]

I’m from Kurdistan region of Iraq, I’m a Lexus owner.
I love to visit this guy one day, he’s kind and loyal to his job.
Keep up Mr. Car care nut. You show true commitment to your profession.

[GeoffSeeley]

Thank you for confirming everything I've read/heard about the design and working on German cars over the last 30+ years of never having to replace that part on my multiple '90's Toyotas.

[DannysGarage]

BMW technician here: you can get wiring diagrams for BMW's from the TIS (Technical Information System), and in ISTA. Just gotta know where to look. ISTA does have a bit of a convoluted process for diagnosing things, but once you get used to the way it does things, it becomes second nature. It's all about what you're used to, because I always feel like everything is strange when I see a Toyota, since I've only ever worked on BMW/Mercedes/Audi.

[scott]

I love all these BMW people saying they aren't harder to work on. Replacing the door latch switch is a very easy job on a Toyota as well as the button that identifies when the door is open. You could easily replace both in under an hour and then have time left to take a good break to drink a soda. Of course, the door ajar button never actually breaks in a Toyota (I've had 7 that have gone well over 200, 000 miles and never had a problem with it).

[kevinn]

On the bright side of things, you will be regarded as the expert in BMW door disassembly etc so everybody will come to you to do this!! BRAVO!!

[jdesaavedra]

I asked my high school buddy why he has 5 BMWs. He said he needs that many so he can have one running to drive.

[akpanekpo]

I couldn't tell a battery from a screwdriver myself, but it must take a lot of expertise and confidence to undertake a task of this kind before the entire world. But what I find even more commendable is his honesty in acknowledging what he doesn't know, and groping towards a solution. I suppose it helps to be a great mechanic to begin with, but that doesn't make the effort less remarkable, in my ignorant view at least.