What does this error mean
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I got exactly the same 2 error messages over the last few days, may I know what sort of problem your car eventually turned out to have?
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Originally Posted by Polska530' post='873918' date='May 9 2009, 11:27 PM
as i put my car on today for the first time i got 2 error messages. One was Drive control system malfuntion, driving stability. The other one was Start off assistance inactive...
Akso the brake light is oreange and on all the time as well as the traction controll... It says to contact a bmw specialist as soon as possible.
Any idea what it is and why it happened?
Akso the brake light is oreange and on all the time as well as the traction controll... It says to contact a bmw specialist as soon as possible.
Any idea what it is and why it happened?
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Scary! Got the same error today on my way home from work "Drive control system malfuntion, driving stability" My iDrive also crapped out on me, keep trying to come back on and then it would shut down. Went out for about 10 minutes, until it finally came back on for good. Error went away after turning off the car and restarting. I'll be keeping an eye out.
I would also like to know what sort of problem was diagnosed with your car.
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I would also like to know what sort of problem was diagnosed with your car.
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There is a tsb for this. This happened to my car and they had to replace some modules under warranty. They had to special order the parts and gave me a loaner.
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Originally Posted by flipnf3rno' post='878881' date='May 14 2009, 11:00 PM
There is a tsb for this. This happened to my car and they had to replace some modules under warranty. They had to special order the parts and gave me a loaner.
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This happened to my car 2 months ago...i took it to the dealer and they had it for 3 days and said they fixed it...and it just started appearing again last week off and on...It is a problem with the SZL module...this is the module that communicates with the steering angle sensor...u should notice the sign usually popping up after u turn ur steering wheel about 135 degrees if this message popped up before but went away...I havent noticed any problems while the message error is popped up but don't want to wait to find out...hopefully they fix it this time and not try to just clear the computer
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I too have this warning several times. It is until now really unpredictable what it initiates. Sometimes it goes off , after stopping the car, and starting it again. And sometimes it just comes back immediately.
It might have to do with battery condition someone says???
I just got back from 2 week fly drive holiday, and started the car this morning and the first thing is that I get this message.. SO this might give a clue.
if anyone has a solution for this, I am highly interested.
Rik
It might have to do with battery condition someone says???
I just got back from 2 week fly drive holiday, and started the car this morning and the first thing is that I get this message.. SO this might give a clue.
if anyone has a solution for this, I am highly interested.
Rik
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Originally Posted by nvpaluvoi' post='995453' date='Sep 1 2009, 10:31 PM
This happened to my car 2 months ago...i took it to the dealer and they had it for 3 days and said they fixed it...and it just started appearing again last week off and on...It is a problem with the SZL module...this is the module that communicates with the steering angle sensor...u should notice the sign usually popping up after u turn ur steering wheel about 135 degrees if this message popped up before but went away...I havent noticed any problems while the message error is popped up but don't want to wait to find out...hopefully they fix it this time and not try to just clear the computer
This makes some sense to me because mine usually comes on during a turn or right after that.
Anyone know if it damages the car if you drive with it like this?
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Originally Posted by Polska530' post='873918' date='May 9 2009, 08:27 PM
as i put my car on today for the first time i got 2 error messages. One was Drive control system malfuntion, driving stability. The other one was Start off assistance inactive...
Akso the brake light is oreange and on all the time as well as the traction controll... It says to contact a bmw specialist as soon as possible.
Any idea what it is and why it happened?
Akso the brake light is oreange and on all the time as well as the traction controll... It says to contact a bmw specialist as soon as possible.
Any idea what it is and why it happened?
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Its possible its the battery I also ran into this problem they replaced the battery and it went away after that, but the battery is not covered under warranty paid $430 for the battery. But i don't have issues with lights coming on any more.
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