check engine service soon light
12-26-2008, 04:11 AM
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Good Morning BMW forum,
I hope some can give me some input. My check Engine Service Light soon has come on does anybody know how to reset this light. It had came on few months ago and the dealer said it was a bad O2 sensor and replaced But I?m not sure if this is the same problem because somebody on previous forums had said it can come on from your gas cap not being tight and we I check sure enough the gas attend hand not tighten the gas cap is there a way to fix this problem without going to the dealer? If the senor is bad is this something I can replace may self if I know where to locate the sensor and change it. People of the BMW forum you help is greatly appreciated.
I hope some can give me some input. My check Engine Service Light soon has come on does anybody know how to reset this light. It had came on few months ago and the dealer said it was a bad O2 sensor and replaced But I?m not sure if this is the same problem because somebody on previous forums had said it can come on from your gas cap not being tight and we I check sure enough the gas attend hand not tighten the gas cap is there a way to fix this problem without going to the dealer? If the senor is bad is this something I can replace may self if I know where to locate the sensor and change it. People of the BMW forum you help is greatly appreciated.
12-26-2008, 08:17 PM
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From memory (depending if you have the keyless start or not) get your car to the point where the dash lights are on, but the engine is not running. Press and hold the odometer reset button until you see an exclamation mark appear. Release the button, then press and release the button quickly to scroll through a series of potential faults. If the icon is yellow, there is no problem, if the icon is red, you will need to reset it. The icon I believe you will be looking for shows the front half of the car from the side with a big exclamation mark above it.
To reset - once you have the red icon in the screen, press and hold the odometer reset button until the icon changes to "RESET?" Immediately release the odometer reset button, then press it again for about one second. The icon should turn yellow, and you can move on to clear the rest of the codes.
If there is an error there, just use the search button, I use it all the time and 99% of the time I find what I am looking for. This isn't a forum, it is an E60 bible.
To reset - once you have the red icon in the screen, press and hold the odometer reset button until the icon changes to "RESET?" Immediately release the odometer reset button, then press it again for about one second. The icon should turn yellow, and you can move on to clear the rest of the codes.
If there is an error there, just use the search button, I use it all the time and 99% of the time I find what I am looking for. This isn't a forum, it is an E60 bible.
12-27-2008, 03:09 AM
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I had the same problem on my X5 for a while and finally fixed it at the dealer last week. First it was the cap, then replaced the sensor....then it came back again.....finally they forund that the rubber hose of the air vent was worn out and leaking. Changed it and no more. Good luck.
12-27-2008, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by iCharles' post='753420' date='Dec 27 2008, 12:17 AM
From memory (depending if you have the keyless start or not) get your car to the point where the dash lights are on, but the engine is not running. Press and hold the odometer reset button until you see an exclamation mark appear. Release the button, then press and release the button quickly to scroll through a series of potential faults. If the icon is yellow, there is no problem, if the icon is red, you will need to reset it. The icon I believe you will be looking for shows the front half of the car from the side with a big exclamation mark above it.
To reset - once you have the red icon in the screen, press and hold the odometer reset button until the icon changes to "RESET?" Immediately release the odometer reset button, then press it again for about one second. The icon should turn yellow, and you can move on to clear the rest of the codes.
If there is an error there, just use the search button, I use it all the time and 99% of the time I find what I am looking for. This isn't a forum, it is an E60 bible.
To reset - once you have the red icon in the screen, press and hold the odometer reset button until the icon changes to "RESET?" Immediately release the odometer reset button, then press it again for about one second. The icon should turn yellow, and you can move on to clear the rest of the codes.
If there is an error there, just use the search button, I use it all the time and 99% of the time I find what I am looking for. This isn't a forum, it is an E60 bible.
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