Engine malfuction Warning

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

08-22-2006, 06:24 PM

gastro

Members

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: Indianapolis,USA

Posts: 16

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

My Ride: My2004 545i Black,6-speed,recent bluetooth upgrade,nav,heads up display

Has anyone of you had engine malfuction and emission warning and car shaking subsequent to that? How was it resolved, Thanks in advance

Reply Like

08-22-2006, 06:44 PM

mihusky

Contributors

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: East Lyme, CT

Posts: 248

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by gastro' post='325553' date='Aug 22 2006, 10:24 PM

Has anyone of you had engine malfuction and emission warning and car shaking subsequent to that? How was it resolved, Thanks in advance

My car was not down but I got the engine sign, and I-drive said emission warning/bring in for service. Car was functioning normally but dealer replaced faulty emissions sensor and cleared fault from computer.

Reply Like

08-23-2006, 07:11 AM

SergeyM

Senior Members

Join Date: Jun 2005

Location: USA, NJ

Posts: 536

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

My Ride: 2007 BMW 550, Sport, Navi, PS, CWP, Sirius

Quote:

Originally Posted by gastro' post='325553' date='Aug 22 2006, 10:24 PM

Has anyone of you had engine malfuction and emission warning and car shaking subsequent to that? How was it resolved, Thanks in advance

My 2005 545 had this problem. Originally only slight shaking immediately before the error(s) was displayed. My Dealer traced it to a faulty DME (engine computer?). After the repair the car ran fine for 14 days but then the problem came back again. This time it was 50%-50% chance of constant shaking. Kind of good starts vs. bad starts. Engine malfunction and emission lights were on all the time even when the car ran fine (no shaking). It took my dealer 21 day to fix the problem. Do not know what was wrong second time though.