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      07-15-2012, 05:04 PM   #1
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"AWD, DSC and ABS malfunction" with 19's after dealer visit.

My 07 335xi had 225/40/18 - 255/35/18 staggered setup from the factory. I installed 19's with 235/35-275/30 and had no problems for several months. The factory setup is -.23% FvsR, the 19 is even closer, +.077% FvsR, but 1/2 more diameter.

A few days after visiting the dealer for an oil change with the 19's, idrive started intermittently throwing "AWD, DSC and ABS malfunction" after driving 10 miles, but not every day. As a test I put the stock 225/40/18 - 255/35/18 setup on and have gone 1000 miles without any codes.

My question is did the dealer do something to the programming? I want to put my 19's back on, but the code is worrying me.
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      07-15-2012, 05:33 PM   #2
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My 07 335xi had 225/40/18 - 255/35/18 staggered setup from the factory. I installed 19's with 235/35-275/30 and had no problems for several months. The factory setup is -.23% FvsR, the 19 is even closer, +.077% FvsR, but 1/2 more diameter.

A few days after visiting the dealer for an oil change with the 19's, idrive started intermittently throwing "AWD, DSC and ABS malfunction" after driving 10 miles, but not every day. As a test I put the stock 225/40/18 - 255/35/18 setup on and have gone 1000 miles without any codes.

My question is did the dealer do something to the programming? I want to put my 19's back on, but the code is worrying me.
Your sizing with the 19's is ok. I don't know what the dealer could have done to cause those errors. I'd say it's not related to the 19 inch wheels and tires.
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      07-15-2012, 05:52 PM   #3
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I ran my battery down to the point where I needed a jump and these errors appeared. Isnt this also the sign of a dead transfer case otherwise?
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      07-18-2012, 10:17 AM   #4
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I have encountered similar lights in my 330xi. The incident in question: my car was up on a lift, the mechanic was trying to diagnose a noise for me. He ran the car with all 4 wheels off the ground and it threw similar lights when re-started on the ground. Went away after I drove it for 10 minutes (mechanic said that it would).

Googled "E90 AWD, DSC and ABS Malfunction". Plenty of interesting stuff on there. Try searching for that exact string of text and you'll see the same stuff. Somebody on 5post had the similar lights and it was a bad actuator motor on his transfer case. Somebody with an 07 335xi had a bad DSC unit. Various people experienced those error lights when their battery was going out.
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      07-19-2012, 08:12 AM   #5
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Have you ever had an alignment done with your 19's on the car? I kinda had the same issue after I dropped my car on the H&R sport kit. I installed the kit myself as I always do all my own work if possible. When I was finished I put my stock 16's on and took her for 1/2 hour ride to settle the suspension and pimp my new shit! Obviously I knew I needed an alignment but the car still flew straight as arrow and the steering wheel was perfectly centered. When I got home I put my 197's (18") on and called the dealer to have the alignment done. The next day I'm on the highway driving to the dealership and my dash lit up like a Christmas tree!......ABS, DCS, 4x4 with an !, and my brake light in yellow. Continued to drive 1 mile to the dealer and dropped her off after hours. Frantically searching for an answer the whole way home on my iPhone I came up with all the same results you did and started to fear for the worst. The next day I called the dealer to tell them about it and the service tec said my car was all set and no warning lights were showing when her took the car in. I picked up my car and headed home the long way trying to see if those warning lights would come up again. Well it's been 3 weeks since then and all is great! No lights!!!! After digging a lil bit more I found numerous stories with various variables and it seemed like an alignment was the key to rectifying it. I believe if you had a bad transfer case or servo motor the car would make a sound similar to pulling up on your ebrake when you shut your car off.
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