Comfort Stop feature on 2006 325i (E90)

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chris.mckinley@gmail.com - 23 Feb 2006 18:13 GMT

I've had my e90 now for about 8 months and I love it but there's an
irritating feature with the breaks that has suddenly appeared. I never
really noticed the "Comfort Stop" feature but now all of a sudden as
I'm slowing down through 10 MPH, the breaks seem to lossen and then
re-grab very quickly, and it's not very subtle either. My
understanding of this feature is that it's supposed to kick-in right
before the car stops and not at 10 mph. Has anyone experienced this
kind of problem? This can't be what BMW intended.

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trwbmw - 24 Feb 2006 17:37 GMT

With "comfort" stop the idea is to disable the jerk associated with
human error in judging the stop point. The point cs kicks on is not
hard set but computed based on a number of factors. I'm not necsiarily
against it just like ABS when that technology first appeared many many
many drivers complained now most are used to it. Your problem actually
sounds ABS related as it were. Don't mess around with brake problems
take it to the shop it might be a simple recode or something more
serious to hard to tell without actually testing the car.

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chris.mckinley@gmail.com - 27 Feb 2006 14:23 GMT

Thanks, for the reply. It's in the shop now. Seems like a problem
when the car downshifts from 2nd gear.

> With "comfort" stop the idea is to disable the jerk associated with
> human error in judging the stop point. The point cs kicks on is not
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> take it to the shop it might be a simple recode or something more
> serious to hard to tell without actually testing the car.

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