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Car Forum / BMW Cars / February 2008Entire traction control system went out this morning...
Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way to work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I haven't had a chance to see if it's working or not. It's been very cold here lately, single digits, and snowy and wet and icy... just had a bunch of freezing rain last night. Kind of sucked.  SignatureI told you this was going to happen. >Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way to >work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Kind of sucked. Bet that make driving interesting again.......... wahayyyyyyyy! SignatureSir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen hsg@h-gee.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:11:19 +0000, hsg wrote: >>Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way >>to work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bet that make driving interesting again.......... wahayyyyyyyy! It was a bit sketchy when it went out. I was climbing an ice covered hill on a frozen over bridge at the moment. SignatureI told you this was going to happen. This is symptomatic of a failed Speed Sensor. It could be any of them, you will have to pull codes to see which reported to the computer that it had gone away. I'm not sure if this kind of problem reports to the OBD II or not. You can pull the codes from the OBD II for free at an Autozone store. > Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way to > work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Kind of sucked. > This is symptomatic of a failed Speed Sensor. It could be any of them, > you will have to pull codes to see which reported to the computer that > it had gone away. > > I'm not sure if this kind of problem reports to the OBD II or not. You > can pull the codes from the OBD II for free at an Autozone store. I have a code reader. I'll be interested to see if the problem continues after the car has had time to thaw out. SignatureI told you this was going to happen. >> This is symptomatic of a failed Speed Sensor. It could be any of them, >> you will have to pull codes to see which reported to the computer that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I have a code reader. I'll be interested to see if the problem continues > after the car has had time to thaw out. I suspect it will. >>> This is symptomatic of a failed Speed Sensor. It could be any of them, >>> you will have to pull codes to see which reported to the computer that [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I suspect it will. Everything is working fine again. It would be nice if it could stay over 5 degrees for a few days and melt off some of this ice. SignatureI told you this was going to happen. > Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way to > work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Kind of sucked. ABS sensor (or connections) failed. Codes will tell you (or your mechanic) which one. Probably wet and then freezing has forced connections apart. Whenever you encounter a fault like that, pull over, stop the engine and ignition, then retasrt and all should be ok IF the warning light does NOT reappear. Many times these things are not broken, just "faults" theat get erased after a fresh start. > Lost the traction control and anti-lock brakes this morning on the way to > work. The lights went off after I parked and restarted the car but I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Kind of sucked. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com I learned that in a Merc clk430 cab in the rain when the wipers just stopped responding... No panic, pull over and restart - all was well. I love those smart Germans ;) > Whenever you encounter a fault like that, pull over, stop the engine and > ignition, then retasrt and all should be ok IF the warning light does NOT [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Kind of sucked. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >I learned that in a Merc clk430 cab in the rain when the wipers just >stopped responding... No panic, pull over and restart - all was well. > I love those smart Germans ;) In IT this is called an engineer's reset... OK in a car (normally), but don't try this in a Boeing 777! >>I learned that in a Merc clk430 cab in the rain when the wipers just >>stopped responding... No panic, pull over and restart - all was well. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >OK in a car (normally), but don't try this in a Boeing 777! Now just imagine if your car was running under Windows Vista...When you just started to pull over to the exit ramp, a soft feminine voice would ask you if you really wanted to exit the highway, everytime. >>>I learned that in a Merc clk430 cab in the rain when the wipers just >>>stopped responding... No panic, pull over and restart - all was well. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > you just started to pull over to the exit ramp, a soft feminine voice > would ask you if you really wanted to exit the highway, everytime. No it would have you drive down the exit ramp - the wrong way, but OTOH at only 5mph. And in the case of the CLK430 above approx 90% of the engine output would be used to run the computer... |
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