stuck in gear, pwr steering loss, fraky stuff happening
12-06-2017, 11:08 AM
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Model Year: 2004
stuck in gear, pwr steering loss, fraky stuff happening
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i was tooling around in my 04 and my trans got stuck in what I assume was 1st or 2nd --- could not manually shift at all my power steering went out, my speedo and tach failed so I limped on home and when I parked the whole system seemed to be haywire --- like a dead battery ot bad alt
tried to restart and nothing just like a dead batttery
just went out and it started right up I drove down the drive , it shifted however the pwr steering still seems to be not working
This is crazy --- kinda scared to drive it now Any ideas???
i was tooling around in my 04 and my trans got stuck in what I assume was 1st or 2nd --- could not manually shift at all my power steering went out, my speedo and tach failed so I limped on home and when I parked the whole system seemed to be haywire --- like a dead battery ot bad alt
tried to restart and nothing just like a dead batttery
just went out and it started right up I drove down the drive , it shifted however the pwr steering still seems to be not working
This is crazy --- kinda scared to drive it now Any ideas???
Last edited by 4thBim; 12-06-2017 at 02:00 PM. Reason: sp
12-07-2017, 02:35 PM
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How old is the battery? I would first check the voltage while car is off then while it's on. If you don't have something to check the voltage then charge the battery over night out of the car and see what happens.
12-09-2017, 06:54 AM
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I am betting on either that or the flux capacitor. lol
AutoZone can test your battery and alternator for free.
Good luck!
AutoZone can test your battery and alternator for free.
Good luck!
12-16-2017, 01:06 PM
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If this is 04 545i, it's possibly the IVM. Search here and other forums, google too and see if the symptoms of a bad IVM match your symptoms. GL