The car cant stop!
07-12-2009, 06:13 PM
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Just got mine 2007 530xi 2 weeks ago and the car went in service for a week about transmission slam, sunroof noise and some other minor problems. Got my car back yesterday and today something serious happened. today the car failed to fully stop before a red light under DS mode,even though i pressed on the brake, the car is still rolling forward at a very slow speed. The speed is 20-30mph when i press the brake, therefore i am not doing any hard braking. I switched back to the regular D mode, then the brake is working again. This almost got me into an accident with the incoming traffic. After the incident, the "service engine soon" light came on, but other than that, the car is normal. Does any one of you know what went wrong? Thanks
07-12-2009, 06:36 PM
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One time i was reaching for my eye drops in my pocket and i moved my body posture slightly and while doing so my foot was barely on the gas pedal as i was braking and i was not able to come to a complete stop or the floor mats can get caught over the gas pedal
07-12-2009, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by NoName545i' post='940397' date='Jul 12 2009, 10:36 PM
One time i was reaching for my eye drops in my pocket and i moved my body posture slightly and while doing so my foot was barely on the gas pedal as i was braking and i was not able to come to a complete stop or the floor mats can get caught over the gas pedal
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Originally Posted by srx2870' post='940400' date='Jul 12 2009, 10:40 PM
At first, i thought it was the floor mat too. I checked it and it was not even close with the gas pedal. I press the brake to slow the car down and it did slow down. But it just cant stop completely and continue rolling forward into the intersection. Got tons of honking from income traffic as they thought me trying to ran the red light lol
07-13-2009, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by srx2870' post='940400' date='Jul 13 2009, 04:40 AM
At first, i thought it was the floor mat too. I checked it and it was not even close with the gas pedal. I press the brake to slow the car down and it did slow down. But it just cant stop completely and continue rolling forward into the intersection. Got tons of honking from income traffic as they thought me trying to ran the red light lol
It's probably not this, you've no doubt had the car for a while and are thinking 'how dumb does this guy think I am'.
07-13-2009, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by srx2870' post='940387' date='Jul 12 2009, 10:13 PM
Just got mine 2007 530xi 2 weeks ago and the car went in service for a week about transmission slam, sunroof noise and some other minor problems. Got my car back yesterday and today something serious happened. today the car failed to fully stop before a red light under DS mode,even though i pressed on the brake, the car is still rolling forward at a very slow speed. The speed is 20-30mph when i press the brake, therefore i am not doing any hard braking. I switched back to the regular D mode, then the brake is working again. This almost got me into an accident with the incoming traffic. After the incident, the "service engine soon" light came on, but other than that, the car is normal. Does any one of you know what went wrong? Thanks
07-13-2009, 04:09 PM
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So that was you!!
Just kidding. That's really scary! Try stopping again in D/S in a secluded place, just to see if it's a consistent problem. Either way, let a professional take a look at it.
Just kidding. That's really scary! Try stopping again in D/S in a secluded place, just to see if it's a consistent problem. Either way, let a professional take a look at it.
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I'm assuming that you texted this while the car was in motion then??? 
Good luck with the repairs! 
Good luck with the repairs!