FIXED: Digital clock losing time

[davidvincent]

Hi all,

As per title, my clock keep losing time - around 10-15 mins lost per day.

Car is otherwise running great, and I'm not disconnecting the battery at any point, and the battery isn't low/drained.

Only other minor electrical things I need to resolve are:

- Intermittent indicator fault, where off-side rear doesn't flash - assume relay is on the way out.
- Hazard lights not working - assume the same relay as above is at fault (new oem switch installed not long ago).
- Boot light needs replacing.

I can't think that any of these small elec issues would have anything to do with the clock, but thought I'd mention all the same.

Thanks in advance.
Dave

[davidvincent]

So it turns out that this was a very simple fix after all.

As my hazard lights, interior light and boot light had all stopped working I gathered it could just be a shared fuse... which it was, so I replaced the blown fuse and then the lights all worked fine again.

Since then (on the off-chance) I've reset the clock and been monitoring (about a week) and it hasn't lost time since!

I can't tell you exactly why this happened, but either way - job done.

Dave

[Jeroen]

thanks for updating us, might help other E21 owners one day as well!