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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Guys I need some help!! Sometimes when I start my car, the idrive pop up active steering faulty and servotronic faulty at the same time...! When I drive the car with the code on, the active steering gone and the steering feel much heavier! But after awhile when I restart the car all the code are gone and back to normal~~~ It keep happen for the past few week, Any idea?
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray88' post='701851' date='Oct 24 2008, 11:51 AM
Guys I need some help!! Sometimes when I start my car, the idrive pop up active steering faulty and servotronic faulty at the same time...! When I drive the car with the code on, the active steering gone and the steering feel much heavier! But after awhile when I restart the car all the code are gone and back to normal~~~ It keep happen for the past few week, Any idea?
Hearsay replace battery can fix it. Good Luck !!!
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray88' post='701851' date='Oct 23 2008, 11:51 PM
Guys I need some help!! Sometimes when I start my car, the idrive pop up active steering faulty and servotronic faulty at the same time...! When I drive the car with the code on, the active steering gone and the steering feel much heavier! But after awhile when I restart the car all the code are gone and back to normal~~~ It keep happen for the past few week, Any idea?
I have the same problem as well, but only with the active steering. I heard that it might be a weak battery and was told to replace the battery and turn the steering wheel left to right and it will clear the error..
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Ray88' post='701851' date='Oct 24 2008, 04:51 AM
Guys I need some help!! Sometimes when I start my car, the idrive pop up active steering faulty and servotronic faulty at the same time...! When I drive the car with the code on, the active steering gone and the steering feel much heavier! But after awhile when I restart the car all the code are gone and back to normal~~~ It keep happen for the past few week, Any idea?
I had that happen to me several times (exact same symptoms as you too). The first couple of times, the dealer said it was a steering wheel alignment sensor, and simply re-aligned it for me (allegedly). Finally, it happened again, but this time whilst out of warranty. They diagnosed it to be a control unit failure (can't remember the exact component) and, after asking, offered to split the cost of parts and labour with me. I declined this time, but accepted a couple months later when it happened again. Cost me almost ?300, but it's not happened again since (fingers crossed).

Hope it's just the battery thing for you, as that's going to be a lot cheaper to put right.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 06:47 AM
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most likely the battery is going, especially since the codes clear up after driving & restarting.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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I had this exact problem last week, I took the vehicle to dealership and they said no codes were found but they did have to recalibrate the system and since then I haven't ahd any issues.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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I don't think it's the battery issue, since I just changed a new battery 2 months ago! will drop down my car to BMW service center next week for diagnose, hope they can find the problem! Will keep u guys post!
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Originally Posted by Ray88' post='702873' date='Oct 24 2008, 06:56 PM
I don't think it's the battery issue, since I just changed a new battery 2 months ago! will drop down my car to BMW service center next week for diagnose, hope they can find the problem! Will keep u guys post!
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='702880' date='Oct 24 2008, 09:04 PM
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I got a call form service center this morning and said they will flash the latest ver idrive (take 8-10hr ) and see if the faulty will pop up again. Hope the new program can help!
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Originally Posted by Ray88' post='701851' date='Oct 23 2008, 10:51 PM
Guys I need some help!! Sometimes when I start my car, the idrive pop up active steering faulty and servotronic faulty at the same time...! When I drive the car with the code on, the active steering gone and the steering feel much heavier! But after awhile when I restart the car all the code are gone and back to normal~~~ It keep happen for the past few week, Any idea?
I got the active steering fault a couple of days ago. The manual said to turn the wheel all the way to the left then back to neutral and re-start the car. That cleared it for me.
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