Got this error yesterday out of the blue. Continued driving for 10 more Km, turned off the ignition, came back in one hour and everything is OK again.

 

I had that occur too! After the third time it ended up with a new steering column being installed. Bloody gimmick! But thank goodness for the warranty.

 

Really?! I still got 1 year of warranty left and another dealer visit comes at 9000Km, I'm curious if it shows up again by that time.

 

If I remember correctly there was a recall, in the UK at least, relating to this problem. Some cars had a mechanical sensor for steering wheel position which was replaced with an opto-electronic (whatever that means) one.

 

Keep an eye on it. This can be the sign of an forthcoming failure... Mine did this and the AS Control Module was replaced as 'faulty'. Sometimes though a false reading can trigger this sort of alert and you'll never see it again! Maybe mention it to the dealer so when it breaks 1 month out of warranty you may have an argument to reduce the repair cost!

 

Thanks guys, I will keep an eye on it

 

I had this come up once for no reason.. i just started the car and the error popped up. When i began to drive away the steering wheel was almost at 180 degrees and the car going straight. I immediately stopped and shut the car off. When I started it again it was fine. Hasn't happened in 3 months.. weird.

 

It's happened to me, too. It just popped up while I was getting into a driveway. I turned off the engine and restarted the car and the message was still there. I started the engine a few hours later and the message was still there but no weird driving symptoms like car swerving to one direction or firmer steering wheel. I drove the car home (local road, 2 miles at 35 mph) and when I got home, I turned off the engine and restarted it after a minute and the message was gone. I called the dealership when the message popped up and they asked me to bring the car in. But since the message didn't pop up anymore when I got home, I didn't bother to bring it in anymore. Hasn't happened since then (2 mos. ago).

 

Hmmm, the error message (hang on it's not a PC!!) is actually stored while no longer visible through the iDrive.

The dealer will access any error messages and action each one.

I suggest that you take the car to the dealer so they can fix whatever problem the Active Steering was having.

 

Hmm OK I will do it today and also replace the sport steering wheel for the M Sport one to kill two fly in one smash