This is a genuine BMW magnet, part number 25 16 1 219 599. The number stamped on the part is 25161219599; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 1219599. You will find it on our Transmission shelf, under Gearshift.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 2 diagrams, among them Shift Interlock Automatic Transm. Japan (25_0243) and Shift Interlock Automatic Transm (25_0580). It weighs about 228 g (0.5 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
