[bbstoke]

Mine's showing no codes but misses when going right over a roundabout and traction control light comes on.
Turn it off and it runs great, the other day ABS light and flat tyre light came on, opened the boot give it a good push up and down and it's been fine since but still have the issue with the traction kicking in even when going slow.
Garage said today that it's probably the ABS pump.
£200 for the part, a lot for just probably.
Anybody had this happen where the traction kicks in?

[toutski]

Had this exact same problem.

If you can engage and disengage the TC/DTC then its not the pump AFAIK.

Turns out my driveshaft was starting to wear/corrode and hit the ABS sensor causing the traction control to kick in at strange times.

[bbstoke]

Thanks for the reply...Interesting!
Did you get a new driveshaft and the problem was sorted?

[Gazza0210]

How freeky is this,

Just had some new wheels fitted on mine and the same fault came up on my dash. They didn't have a reader handy at the garage (being fixed or something) so I took the car and drove it home gently.

Plugged in my fault code reader and it came up with "front right speed sensor".

Going to pick one of them up tomorrow and get it sorted.

£42 from Euro.Blah.Blah.Blah

[bazz780]

Strange this. I had same issues with same errors on i drive and dash, turned out to be wheel alignment which was out, alignment done, drove car and next time i turned it on, lights were gone. Not come back since - just a thought

[markymark34]

Originally Posted by bazz780

Strange this. I had same issues with same errors on i drive and dash, turned out to be wheel alignment which was out, alignment done, drove car and next time i turned it on, lights were gone. Not come back since - just a thought

If you got away that lightly you are very very lucky. My lights went off for 2 weeks but sadly back on permanently now. Car booked in next week.
Great fun driving without traction control though!

[peter2704]

my 07 320i has the yellow park brake light and the exclamation mark with the arrow round it but NO abs light ,any ideas guys? all came on when i changed my front tyres (done the wheel reset thing)

[toutski]

bbstoke: I did and it did!

Hope you get sorted.

Originally Posted by bbstoke

Thanks for the reply...Interesting!
Did you get a new driveshaft and the problem was sorted?

[bbstoke]

Today the car wouldn't start, cranking slowly then a icon came up, looked in the manual and it's active steering defective, wondering if this was a safety feature of the car that was not letting me drive it?
Indy garage picking it up tomorrow and plugging it in... £200 before it's touched
Anyone else had this?

[JP.Williams]

Originally Posted by bbstoke

Today the car wouldn't start, cranking slowly then a icon came up, looked in the manual and it's active steering defective, wondering if this was a safety feature of the car that was not letting me drive it?
Indy garage picking it up tomorrow and plugging it in... £200 before it's touched
Anyone else had this?

All these issues sound like a dying battery ... have you had that checked yet? someone should be able to check that for less then £200!

[bbstoke]

Originally Posted by JP.Williams

All these issues sound like a dying battery ... have you had that checked yet? someone should be able to check that for less then £200!

Thanks for the reply
Would the battery cause all these issues?
Had the T/C going haywire, had to turn it off to stop it playing up plus lots of ABS, flat tyre brake lights on the dash now and again.
Battery is the original, 8 years old.

Will post results as always

[Frobius]

Low battery acts like a virus - the car wil do all sorts of crazy and unpredictable things!

[bbstoke]

Originally Posted by Frobius

Low battery acts like a virus - the car wil do all sorts of crazy and unpredictable things!

Stupid how you don't get a low battery warning light.
Is praying that's all it is. Wife stating o give me grief about this car
"Why buy a BMW, nothing but trouble"

She right :-)

[bbstoke]

Originally Posted by toutski

Had this exact same problem.

If you can engage and disengage the TC/DTC then its not the pump AFAIK.

Turns out my driveshaft was starting to wear/corrode and hit the ABS sensor causing the traction control to kick in at strange times.

Had the battery replaced today but it's still missing with the T/C light flashing.
Took it back to the garage and they will look at it next week, they say it might be the driveshaft rubbing on the sensor like what you had

They have said that both driveshaft's will have to be replaced along with the sensor...£1500.

Did you have that done or how did you get round it?

[toutski]

Yes I got both done and a sensor. the passenger side was worst but the driver side was starting to go as well.

My mechanic priced the drive shafts from bmw at £440 + vat plus a sensor for £90 + vat i think. So thats probably closer to your £1500 including labour.

He sourced me new oem driveshafts for £150 + vat with a years warranty on them. He did the 2 driveshafts plus a new sensor for just over £500.

[tmarshall57]

Originally Posted by toutski

Yes I got both done and a sensor. the passenger side was worst but the driver side was starting to go as well.

My mechanic priced the drive shafts from bmw at £440 + vat plus a sensor for £90 + vat i think. So thats probably closer to your £1500 including labour.

He sourced me new oem driveshafts for £150 + vat with a years warranty on them. He did the 2 driveshafts plus a new sensor for just over £500.

Is it the reluctor ring that had failed on the driveshaft? These can fail due to corrosion on the shaft causing the ring to break. BMW will quote for replacing the driveshaft when the ring itself can be replaced using parts like this for £20 or so..

http://www.ukpartsdirect.com/product...-ring-266.html

Some further similar background here....

http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/view...p?f=4&t=127614

[bbstoke]

Originally Posted by toutski

Yes I got both done and a sensor. the passenger side was worst but the driver side was starting to go as well.

My mechanic priced the drive shafts from bmw at £440 + vat plus a sensor for £90 + vat i think. So thats probably closer to your £1500 including labour.

He sourced me new oem driveshafts for £150 + vat with a years warranty on them. He did the 2 driveshafts plus a new sensor for just over £500.

Mine's going in on Wednesday, driveshafts are £109+vat and the sensor £39+vat Andrew Page parts...£400 for the lot fitted.. Happy days

[bbstoke]

Originally Posted by tmarshall57

Is it the reluctor ring that had failed on the driveshaft? These can fail due to corrosion on the shaft causing the ring to break. BMW will quote for replacing the driveshaft when the ring itself can be replaced using parts like this for £20 or so..

http://www.ukpartsdirect.com/product...-ring-266.html

Some further similar background here....

http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/view...p?f=4&t=127614

That's exactly what it is, I've seen it myself
Both garages have tried them and they both says these rings don't fit

[will.mcewan]

Sorry to raise this again. I am about to send off my unit to ECU testing. Once returned an refitted what is the best way to bleed it. Obviously theres the dealer at cost, but other methods ive heard include driving it then activating the ABS with hard braking. Another is shorting 2 pins under the acs fuse to engage the pump. Any opinions or advice are much appreciated.

[idnan]

Originally Posted by will.mcewan

Sorry to raise this again. I am about to send off my unit to ECU testing. Once returned an refitted what is the best way to bleed it. Obviously theres the dealer at cost, but other methods ive heard include driving it then activating the ABS with hard braking. Another is shorting 2 pins under the acs fuse to engage the pump. Any opinions or advice are much appreciated.

The ACS fuse was the way to do it on an e36! Use INPA/DIS/GT1/BT or a similar diagnostic tool to do it.

[BC4J]

Guys, this plague has now struck me

I have three warnings showing on iDrive:
- Driving Stability
- DBC Failure
- Start assistance inactive

I have read this thread through. I'm loathe to take this to my main dealer as in the worst case, e.g. hydro pump, I will no doubt take a massive wallet hit which I can ill afford. From what I've read I need to get to the fault codes behind the warnings to know the extent of the issue. What would you guys recommend - take to a local BMW indie (anyone recommend a good one in Berkshire), or some other route? My dealer would probably hit me with a £120 diagnostic charge just to look at the codes.

[peter2704]

anyone know the time BMW allow to fit the repair kit for the hydro pump for the 4 cylinder models?