1996 BMW 323i Stall

2
.
Using
special
hex
key,
turn
radio
mountingscrews

counterclockwise
to
loosen
.
See
Fig
.
4
.

0011845

Fig
.
4
.



Use
special
hexkey
or
Torx
driver
to
loosen/tighten
radio
mountingscrews
.

3
.
Pul¡
radio
out
of
instrument
panel
opening
.

4
.
Remove
connector(s)
from
rearof
radio
.
See
Fig
.
5
.

Fig
.
5
.



Radio
connector
being
removed
.

5
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

0011846

Left
footweil
speaker,

removing
and
installing

Fig
.
6
.



Hood
release
lever
retaining
screw
(arrow)
.

RADIO
650-
3

1
.
Remove
screw
from
center
of
hood
latch
release
lever
.

Remove
lever
.
See
Fig
.
6
.

0012578

2
.
Rotate
plastic
trim
panel
retainer
1
/4
turn
.
Pul¡
off
door

sea¡
from
edge
of
speaker
cover
and
pull
speaker
trim

panel
back
toward
rear
of
car
.
See
Fig
.
7
.

0012579

Fig
.
7
.



Rotate
plastic
retainer
(black
arrow)
andremove
panel
in
di-

rection
shown
(white
arrows)
.

RADIO
AND
SPEAKER
SERVICE

650-
4
RADIO

3
.
Remove
speakerby
removing
mountingscrews
.
See

Fig
.
8
.

Fig
.
8
.



Speaker
mounting
screws
(arrows)
.

0012580

4
.
Disconnect
harness
connector(s)
from
speaker
.
See

Fig
.
9
.

001,58

Fig
.
9
.



Disconnect
speaker
electrical
connector(s)
in
direction
shown

(arrows)
.

5
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

Right
footwell
speaker,

removing
and
installing

1
.
Remove
glove
compartment
lower
trim
.
See
Fig
.
10
.

2
.
Rotate
speakercover
plastic
retainer
1
/a
turn
.
Remove

door
sea¡at
edge
of
speaker
cover
.
See
Fig
.
11
.

3
.
Pul¡
speaker
trim
panel
away
from
body
and
then
pul¡

panel
back
toward
rear
of
car
.

RADIO
AND
SPEAKER
SERVICE

0012582

Fig
.
10
.
Remove
lower
glove
compartment
trim
panel
retaining
screw

(black
arrow)
.
Pull
trim
in
direction
shown
(white
arrows)
.

0012583

Fig
.
11
.
Speaker
cover
retainer
(black
arrow)
.
Pulltrim
in
direction
shown
(white
arrow)
.

4
.
Remove
speaker
by
removing
mountingscrews
.
Dis-

connect
harness
connector(s)
from
speaker
.

5
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

Rear
speaker,
removing
and
installing



Door
panel
speaker,

removing
and
installing

NOTE
-

Rear
speakers
in
convertible
models
are
installed
un-
der
the
rear
side
panels
.
For
rearside
panelremoval
procedure,
see
411Doors
.

1
.
Working
at
rear
parcel
shelf,
pry
speakercoverby
inner

edge
and
remove
.
See
Fig
.
12
.

0011632

Fig
.
12
.
Pry
up
inner
edge
of
speaker
cover
off
rear
parcel
shelf
.

2
.
Remove
mountingscrews
and
depress
speaker
retain-

ing
clip
.
See
Fig
.
13
.
Lower
speaker
into
trunk
.

Fig
.
13
.
Remove
screws
(A)
and
depress
clip
(B)
.

4
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

0011633

3
.
Disconnect
speaker
connector
andremove
speaker

from
box
.

RAM
650-5

1.
On
carswith
side-impact
airbags,
disconnect
negative
(-)
cable
from
battery
.

CAUTION-

Prior
to
disconnecttog
the
battery,
read
the
battery
disconnection
cautions
given
at
the
front
of
this
manual
on
page
vi¡¡
.

2
.
Remove
inner
door
panel
.
See
411
Doors
.

WARNING
-

Some
1997
and
all
1998
model
year
cars
are
equipped
with
front
side-impact
airbags
in
the
front
doors
.
When
servicing
the
doors
with
front
side-im-
pact
airbags,
alwaysdisconnect
the
negative
()
battery
terminal
.
See
721Airbag
System
(SRS)
for
cautions
and
procedures
relating
to
theairbag
sys-
tem
.

3
.
On
back
of
door
panel,
remove
nut
on
top
of
speaker
retaining
bracket
and
remove
bracket
from
behind

speaker
.
See
Fig
.
14
.

Fig
.
14
.
Speaker
retaining
nut
(arrow)
.

4
.
Disconnect
speaker
connector
from
harness
connector
and
remove
loudspeaker
forwardthrough
door
panel
.

5
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.
Install
side-impact

airbag
using
new
screws
.
See
721
Airbag
System

(SRS)
.

RADIO
AND
SPEAKER
SERVICE

GENERAL
.
.
.....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
............
720-1



REAR
SEATBELT
ASSEMBLY
...
.
....
.
.
720-4

Rear
seat
belt,
removing
and
installing
FRONT
SEATBELT
ASSEMBLY
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
720-2



(fixed
seat
back
models)
..
.
......
.
....
.
.720-4
Automatic
Front
Seat
Belt
Lock
Tensioners
.
.
720-2



Rear
seat
belt,
removing
and
installing

Mechanical
spring
tensioner,
disarming
.
...
.
720-2



(fold-downseat
back
models)
.
...
.
...
.
.
.
.
720-5

Front
seat
belt
reel,
removing
and
installing
.
.
720-3



Center
rear
lap-belt,
removing
and
installing
.
.720-5

GENERAL

All
E36
models
are
equipped
with
3-point
shoulder
belts
at



tract
and
tension
the
seat
belt
by
55
mm
(approximately
2
four
seating
positions
.
On
4-doormodels,
there
is
an
addition-



inches)
in
the
event
of
an
accident
.
a
l
lap
belt
in
thecenter
of
the
rear
seat
.

The
seat
beltreel
should
lock
when
driving
quickly
through
Automatic
seat
belt
tensioners
are
integrated
into
the
front



curves,
during
severe
braking
or
in
case
of
a
collision
.
The
au-
seat
belt
locks
.
Through
the
1996
model
year
cars,
a
mechan-



tomatic
reel
does
not
require
any
servicing
and
should
never
¡cal
spring
tensioner
is
used
.
See
Fig
.
1.
On
1997
and
later



be
opened
.
Belts
that
do
not
retract
and/or
lockproperly
cars,
a
pyrotechnic
(explosive
charge)
tensioner
is
used
.
Au-



should
be
replaced
promptly
.
tomatic
seat
belt
tensioners
aredesigned
to
automatically
re-

1
.
Seat
belt
lock
boft
2
.
Seat
belt
lockwith
mechanical
spring
tensioner
3
.
Seat
belt
anchor
bar
(two-door
models)
4
.
Seat
belt
anchor
bolt
5
.
Seat
belt
reelbolt
6
.
Seat
belt
reel
7
.
B-pillar
guide
nut
8
.
B-pillar
sliding
guide
9
.
Convertible
seat
beltreel
10
.Convertible
B-pillar
guide

Fig
.
1
.



Front
seat
belt
components
.

720
Seat
Belts

SEAT
BELTS



720-1

GENERAL

720-2



SEAT
BELTS

WARNING
-

"
For
maximum
protection
from
injury,
seat
belts

should
be
replaced
as
a
set
(including
all
hard-

ware),
if
they
are
subject
to
occupant
loading
in
a

collision
.
"
Seat
belts
should
not
be
modified
or
repaired
.

The
seat
belt
anchorage
points
should
not
be

changed
or
modified
.

"
Do
notbleach
or
dye
seat
belt
webbing
.
Webbing
that
is
severely
fadedor
re-dyed
will
not
meet
the

strength
requirements
of
a
collision
and
must
be

replaced
.

"
Seat
belts
shouldbe
periodically
inspected
for
webbing
defects
suchas
cuts
or
pulled
threads
.

FRONT
SEATBELT
ASSEMBLY

Automatic
Front
Seat
Belt

Lock
Tensioners

The
procedure
for
disabling
the
mechanical
spring
tension-

er
used
on
early
cars
is
covered
below
.
On
cars
with
thepyro-
technic(explosive
device)
tensioners,
the
orange
harness

connectorshould
be
removed
from
the
tensioner
any
time
the

seat
is
removed
.

WARNING
-

Both
the
mechanical
and
the
pyrotechnictensioners
are
powerful
devíces
and
shouldbehandled
with
extreme
care
.

Mechanical
spring
tensioner,
disarming

1
.
Remove
front
seat
.
See
520
Seats
.

2
.
Disarm
tensioner-electrically
adjustableseats
:

"
Working
at
side
of
seat,
turn
activating/deactivating

screw
clockwise
until
display
changes
from
green
to

red
.
See
Fig
.
2
.

"
Before
reinstalling
seat,
turn
screw
until
display
chang-
esback
to
green
.

NOTE-

Green
is
armed
.
Red
is
disarmed
.

3
.
Disarm
tensioner-manually
adjustable
seats
:

"
Cut
wíre
tie
next
to
tab
on
bowden
cable
.
See
Fig
.
3
.

"
Turn
and
lift
tabto
disengage
cable
housing
from
seat
bracket
.

"
Disconnect
cable
end
from
seat
lever
.
"
When
reinstalling,
correctly
engage
tab
end
of
cable

into
seat
bracket
and
fasten
in
position
using
new
wíre

tie
.

FRONT
SEATBELT
ASSEMBLY

0012737

Fig
.
2
.



Electrically
adjustable
front
seat
.
Turn
screw
(A)
to
disarm
me-

chanical
tensioner
.
Display
B
tucos
from
green
to
red
.

F19
.3
.
Manuallyadjustablefrontseat
.Turnandlifttab(arrow)todis-

Front
seat
belt
reel,

removing
and
installing

1
.
On
4-door
models
:
Remove
seat
belt
anchor
bolt
from
front
seat
.
Refer
to
Fig
.
1
.

2
.
On
2-door
models
:
Remove
seat
belt
anchorbar
from
rear
of
door
sill
.
See
Fig
.
4
.

Fig
.
4
.



Two-door
seat
belt
anchor
bar
(arrow)
.

3
.
On
4-door
and
coupe
models
:
Remove
plastic
trim
cov-

er
from
B-pillar
(rear
door
jamb
pillar)
sliding
seat
belt

guide
.
Remove
nut
and
guide
loop
.
See
Fig
.
5
.

4
.
On
4-door
models
:
Starting
at
upper
corners,peel
rub-

ber
door
seals
away
from
B-pillar
trim
.
Remove
trim

from
B-pillar
.

5
.
On
2-door
models
:
Remove
reasside
panel
.
See
411

Doors
.

Fig
.
5
.



B-pillar
seat
belt
guide
nut
trim
(arrow)
.

SEAT
BELTS



720-
3

move
reel
and
seat
belt
.

9
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

0012672
ou12a74

Fig
.
6
.



B-pillar
trim
removed
to
show
seat
belt
cross-bracket
bolts
(arrows)
.

8
.
Disconnect
harness
connector
from
reel
assembly
.
Re-
Tightening
Torque

6
.
Remove
two
bolts
holding
cross
bracket
to
B-pillar
.
See



"
Front
seat
belt
to
seat
Fig
.
6
.



(use
thread
locking
compound)
.
....
47
Nm
(35
ft-Ib)

"
Front
seat
belt
guide
loop
7
.
Remove
seat
belt
reel
mounting
boltat
base
ofB-pillar
.



to
B-pillar
sliding
anchor



.
..
.
.
.
....
31
Nm
(23
ft-Ib)

"
Front
seat
beltreeltoB-pillar
..
.
....
48
Nm
(36
ft-Ib)

FRONT
SEAT
BELT
ASSEMBLY

720-
4



SEAT
BELTS

REAR
SEAT
BELT
ASSEMBLY

On
4-door
E36
models,
there
are
two
3-point
shoulder
belts

and
a
center
lap
beltin
back
.
On
2-doormodels,
there
is
no

center
rear
lap-belt
.

In
models
with
the
stationary
rear
seat
back,
the
shoulder

belt
reels
are
bolted
to
themiddle
of
the
parcel
shelf
.
In
modeis

with
fold-down
rearseat
back,
the
shoulder
belt
reels
are
at-

tached
to
the
folding
seat
back
.

The
rearseat
belt
assemblies
are
shown
in
Fig
.
7
.

Fig
.
7
.



Detafs
of
rearseat
belt
assembly
.

Seats
.

REAR
SEA
T
BELT
ASSEMBLY

1
.
Remove
rear
seat
cushion
and
backrest
.
See
520

2
.
Remove
plastictrim
cover
over
shoulder
belt
reels
from
rear
window
shelf
.
See
Fig
.
8
.

3
.
Remove
rear
window
shelf
.
See
Fig
.
9
.

4
.
Unbolt
andremove
shoulder
belt
reels
.

NOTE-

The
shoulder
belt
anchor
belts
also
hold
thecenter
lap-
belt
in
place(where
applicable)
.
Be
sure
to
note
relative
positions
of
metal
belt-end
anchors
in
order
to
reas-
semble
correctly
.

body
next
to
rear
door
frame
.

8
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

5
.
Remove
shoulder
belt
anchor
bolt
frombeneath
rear
seat
.



WARNING
-

Alignment
tabs
on
seat
belt
reels
must
be
rein-
stalled
in
their
original
positions

Fig
.
8
.



Remove
rear
shoulder
belt
reel
trim
cover
from
rear
window
shelf
.
Unclip
plastic,
then
slide
off
shoulder
belts
as
shown
by
arrows
.

Rear
seat
belt,
removing
and
installing



Fig
.
9
.
Remove
rear
window
shelf
.
Speaker
grilles
and
third
brake

(fixed
seat
back
modeis)



light
socket
will
have
to
be
removed
.
The
front
of
the
shelf
lifts
offits
clips
(black
arrows)
before
the
shelf
slides
forward
.

6
.
On
4-door
models
:
Unbolt
shoulder
belt
lock
bolt
from

7
.
On
2-door
models
:
Remove
rearside
panel
asde-
scribed
in
411
Doors
.
Unbolt
shoulder
belt
lock
bolt
from
body
nextto
quarter
panel
.

Tightening
Torques

"
Rear
seat
belt
reelbolt,
anchor
bolt,
or
lock
boltto
body
.
.
.....
.
...
...
.
48
Nm
(36
ft-Ib)

Rear
seat
belt,
removing
and
installing

(foid-down
seat
back
modeis)

1
.
Remove
rear
seat
cushion
.
See
520
Seats
.

2
.
Remove
shoulder
belt
anchor
bolt
from
beneath
rear

seat
.

NOTE
-

The
shoulder
belt
anchor
bolts
alsohold
the
center
lap-belt
in
place
(where
applicable)
.
Be
sure
to
note
relative
positions
of
metal
belt-end
anchors
in
order
to
reas-
semble
correctly
.

3
.
On
4-door
models
:
Unbolt
shoulder
belt
lock
bolt
from

body
nextto
rear
door
frame
.

4
.
On
2-door
models
:
Remove
rearside
panel
as
de-

scribed
in
411
Doors
.
Unbolt
shoulder
belt
lock
bolt

from
body
next
to
quarter
panel
.

5
.
Unlock
and
flip
down
folding
rear
seat
backrest
.
Re-

move
trim
plug
from
back
of
cushion
(luggage
compart-

ment
side)
.

6
.
Remove
seat
beltreelbolt
andwasher
.
See
Fig
.
10
.

Fig
.
10
.
Rear
seat
beltreelbolt
(arrow)
.

0012676

7
.
Gently
pry
off
plastic
trim
at
top
of
backrest
and
pull
out

seat
beltreel
from
seat
.

NOTE-

The
seat
beltreel
is
held
snugly
by
the
backrest
cush-
ion
.
Moderate
force
will
be
needed
to
pulí
ít
out
.

8
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

Tightening
Torques

"
Rear
seat
beltreel
bolt,
anchor
bolt,

or
lock
boltto
body
...............
48
Nm
(36
ft-Ib)

Center
rear
lap-belt,

removing
and
installing

1
.
Remove
rear
seat
cushion
.
See520
Seats
.

2
.
Remove
shoulder
belt
anchor
bolts
from
beneath
rear

seat
.

3
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

SEAT
BELTS



720-
5

NOTE-

The
shoulderbeltanchorbolts
also
hold
the
centerlap-
belt
in
place
.
Be
sure
to
note
relative
positions
of
metal
belt-end
anchors
in
order
to
reassemble
correctly
.

WARNING
-

Alignment
tabs
on
seat
belt
reels
must
be
rein-
stalled
in
their
original
positions
.

Tightening
Torques

"
Lap-belt
reelbolt
or
lock
boltto
body
.
48
Nm
(36
ft-Ib)

REAR
SEATBELT
ASSEMBLY