02-07-2014, 05:30 AM | #1 |
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Drivetrain Error/Issue
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I would like to ask all the experts out there to lend a helping hand/insight into the matter. My car was running on reserve petrol, with the computer telling me I had 68km range left. I was accelerating up a hill when at about 30km/hr, my car wouldn't accelerate any further and an error popped up. It stalled at that speed for the rest of the trip to the petrol station. Once I topped up, the error disappeared and my performance resumed to normal. I wonder if others have experienced this issue before and would like your insight so I understand this matter more before I bring it for a service. Thanks! |
02-07-2014, 02:50 PM | #2 |
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It looks as if your car was running on fumes, stalling on your way to the petrol station. What did the fuel gauge indicate?
According to the manual, one should refill the tank once the distance reaches 50kms, which is generally what I do, so 68kms shouldn't be an issue. How steep is the hill you were driving up? Is everything still ok?
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The drivetrain error may have nothing to do with his low fuel tank. That the error was cleared may have more to do with switching off the car (to refuel) and then restart then the refuel itself.
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I would bet it has nothing to do with the low fuel.
A few weeks ago I had to drive from Newcastle to Mudgee and had to pull over in a little town not far from Mudgee and call Roadside Assistance to come and give me some fuel. I drove for quite a few Kms on 0. I would suggest to just keep an eye on it, it may not ever happen again. |
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A computer glitch then?
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Its quite a scary generic error. It just refused to accelerate. Have you had service check it out before? |
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I wouldn't worry about it unless it happens again. The numbnuts at BMW won't do anything about it anyway unless it happens again and you can show them.
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As others have probably posted correctly, the drivetrain error probably did not have anything to do with the fuel level. It could have been caused by so many issues, from fuel injector blockage to a computer glitch to who knows what. Whether the car's computer recorded the error into memory or not might be determined by a service check. Maybe wait and see if this happens again for possible intermittent fault. Hopefully it will not happen again. Cheers
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That's been my assumption, I figure because it's all computer driven somethings gone wrong and rather than have any corrective smarts the system just goes into safe mode until it's restarted.
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However it's better for it to go into safe mode than to completely switch off as that poor VW owner found out Edit: Yeah I took it in for a service and they of course said they had no idea or couldn't find a trace, but they did do the system upgrade at the time (Over 6 months ago). While I question the recent quality of the servicing as a whole, if it were serious, I'm sure they'd be doing something about it. |
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