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      04-15-2012, 07:01 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Bmw135er View Post
If you hear a brief grinding sound when you start and shut the car off, most likely it's the transfer case actuator motor. It does a self test/calibration when the key is cycled, and the teeth in the moor are probably stripped. That's the noise that you're hearing. You can get it separately from the transfer case and it's a fairly easy swap.

This.

Same symptoms as when mine failed. Also, this should probably be in the xi section.
my car died, no battery so we dont know where this thread should really be or what really is wrong with my car...it caught me on a weekend and cant do much, but i will update it when i find out whts wrong...
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