My new car just tried to kill me!
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I picked up my new 535d on Thursday. Great car. Apart from the power steering shutting down just as I was pulling out into a busy stream of traffic. Queue wrestling with the wheel while a large truck is bearing down on me... Happened a couple more times before I could get the car back to the dealer.
A brief search on the web seems to suggest that other people have had this issue, but I couldn't find anything definitive as to the cause. Does anyone have any ideas so I can point the dealer in the right direction? No fault lights on the dash and power steering fluid level seems to be OK. And of course the dealer took it for a test drive and the fault didn't happen.
Unless the dealer can fix pronto I'm tempted to reject the car: I've owned some clunkers in my time but never anything that I've felt very unsafe in... :thumbsdown:
Thanks,
BC
A brief search on the web seems to suggest that other people have had this issue, but I couldn't find anything definitive as to the cause. Does anyone have any ideas so I can point the dealer in the right direction? No fault lights on the dash and power steering fluid level seems to be OK. And of course the dealer took it for a test drive and the fault didn't happen.
Unless the dealer can fix pronto I'm tempted to reject the car: I've owned some clunkers in my time but never anything that I've felt very unsafe in... :thumbsdown:
Thanks,
BC
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='418793' date='Apr 28 2007, 06:43 AM
Could part of the fault be your handle name and avatar?
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Originally Posted by BlackCat' post='418803' date='Apr 27 2007, 11:38 PM
Hummm since I guess you're in UK... I guess you consider them lucky...
But as for your car have you had the SZL module repalce? Think a lot of 2005 E60s had steering faults related to that module...
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='418808' date='Apr 28 2007, 08:05 AM
But as for your car have you had the SZL module repalce? Think a lot of 2005 E60s had steering faults related to that module...
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='418808' date='Apr 28 2007, 08:05 AM
Hummm since I guess you're in UK... I guess you consider them lucky...
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Think Id better get down the the gym as Im picking mine up on the 8th and its an April 07 build...
There's a good answer from a BMW Master Technician here on Pistonheads. Perhaps there's a faulty batch of optical sensors the plant are still using....
There's a good answer from a BMW Master Technician here on Pistonheads. Perhaps there's a faulty batch of optical sensors the plant are still using....
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Originally Posted by dubbers' post='419134' date='Apr 29 2007, 06:07 PM
Think Id better get down the the gym as Im picking mine up on the 8th and its an April 07 build...
There's a good answer from a BMW Master Technician here on Pistonheads. Perhaps there's a faulty batch of optical sensors the plant are still using....
There's a good answer from a BMW Master Technician here on Pistonheads. Perhaps there's a faulty batch of optical sensors the plant are still using....
Yup I thought the (is it SZL??) sensor was an "old" issue. Actually my Mar 06 build had its sensor replaced a couple of weeks ago as part of the recall when I'd booked in for some other warranty work.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='419139' date='Apr 29 2007, 06:22 PM
Looks like "lucky"BlackCat and EvilCat are one and the same person with one and the same problem.
Yup I thought the (is it SZL??) sensor was an "old" issue. Actually my Mar 06 build had its sensor replaced a couple of weeks ago as part of the recall when I'd booked in for some other warranty work.
ABC
Yup I thought the (is it SZL??) sensor was an "old" issue. Actually my Mar 06 build had its sensor replaced a couple of weeks ago as part of the recall when I'd booked in for some other warranty work.
ABC
I will report back once I've spoken with the service manager tomorrow. If it's a known/obvious fix then fine, and hopefully I'll have the car back pronto. If it seems more involved then I'll be tempted to reject the car rather than get into a lengthy diagnosis process.
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