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      05-18-2020, 08:08 PM   #1
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Help: Launch control not working

Hi. I have a 2020 440i gc M sport and I can’t get launch control to work. had since January. I’ve done the steps as written, Driven the 10 miles and waited for the engine to get warm. DSC off, Sport +, Shifter to S, brake All the way down, gas down to floor quickly pushing the resistance button. The car hunkers down, wheels don’t spin, but rpm only goes up to about 2500 and stays there, rises to about 2800. No flag comes up, and when I’ve “launched” that way the wheels don’t stop burning out until about 25mph. Anyone know what to do?

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      05-18-2020, 08:57 PM   #2
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if its the same as previous years
sport +
shifter to S
brake pressed
accelerator pedal to the floor


dont mess with the dsc
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      05-20-2020, 10:41 AM   #3
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if its the same as previous years
sport +
shifter to S
brake pressed
accelerator pedal to the floor


dont mess with the dsc
Hi, thank for responding. I tried again with no luck.
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      05-21-2020, 01:42 AM   #4
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Do you tend to launch your car often? I believe there is a lifetime "limit" to how many time you can launch the car.
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      05-24-2020, 03:33 AM   #5
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You need a minimum 10 km (6 miles) ride to heat the engine.
Then completely stop the car and shift to P.
To start LC, as already said:
- sport+
- brake pedal depressed with left foot
- shift to D, then move to left (S)
- accelerator to the floor
- now you should see the LC flag and can start by quickly release the brake
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      05-24-2020, 05:41 PM   #6
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You need a minimum 10 km (6 miles) ride to heat the engine.
Then completely stop the car and shift to P.
To start LC, as already said:
- sport+
- brake pedal depressed with left foot
- shift to D, then move to left (S)
- accelerator to the floor
- now you should see the LC flag and can start by quickly release the brake
Guys. I’ve done this all. No flag comes up. Tried it again last night after 50 miles of driving.
Also; it’s never launched before. I‘ve never gotten it to work.
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      05-24-2020, 05:44 PM   #7
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Do you tend to launch your car often? I believe there is a lifetime "limit" to how many time you can launch the car.
Never launched before. It’s a 2020
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      05-25-2020, 01:58 PM   #8
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When you put it to sport+, does the traction also change? In the G20, in sport+, traction is the same. We have to click (not long press) the traction button to show traction optimised (and not DSC OFF when long pressed, wherein LC won’t work). It might be different in the F30. Also, the car has to have done around 1200 or so miles before LC can be activated. I’m not very sure about that though.
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      05-25-2020, 09:26 PM   #9
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When you put it to sport+, does the traction also change? In the G20, in sport+, traction is the same. We have to click (not long press) the traction button to show traction optimised (and not DSC OFF when long pressed, wherein LC won’t work). It might be different in the F30. Also, the car has to have done around 1200 or so miles before LC can be activated. I’m not very sure about that though.
Thanks but I’ve got about 9k miles on my f36 since January. Vegas runs. So I do 10 miles in sports +. Sport +, shifter left, brake down to floor and gas down to floor. Can’t get it to work.
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Thanks but I’ve got about 9k miles on my f36 since January. Vegas runs. So I do 10 miles in sports +. Sport +, shifter left, brake down to floor and gas down to floor. Can’t get it to work.
Weird. That should get it to work. I’m guessing you’re pushing the throttle all the way down past the kick down button right?
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Also the brake pedal has to be pushed really hard with left foot, otherwise LC will not work.
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      05-27-2020, 02:19 PM   #12
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Thanks but I've got about 9k miles on my f36 since January. Vegas runs. So I do 10 miles in sports +. Sport +, shifter left, brake down to floor and gas down to floor. Can't get it to work.
Weird. That should get it to work. I'm guessing you're pushing the throttle all the way down past the kick down button right?
Guys. It really doesn't work.
This is last night. To make it clear what going on.
(the button on the floor) is the resistance point.

6 mile drive to warm up car.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried twice. No flag.

I went into bimmercode expert options under "Electronic Transmission Control" to 3000 Aplikation, LC, and it was already coded on "on".

Coded if off
Drove 8 miles.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried twice. No dice.

Then coded it back on.
Then drove 10 miles.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried thrice.
Still no flag.
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Guys. It really doesn't work.
This is last night. To make it clear what going on.
(the button on the floor) is the resistance point.

6 mile drive to warm up car.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried twice. No flag.

I went into bimmercode expert options under "Electronic Transmission Control" to 3000 Aplikation, LC, and it was already coded on "on".

Coded if off
Drove 8 miles.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried twice. No dice.

Then coded it back on.
Then drove 10 miles.
Sport +
Shifter Left
Brake down to floor with left foot
Gas pedal down to floor, pushing the button on the floor with right foot.
Tried thrice.
Still no flag.
Does the on-board manual say how launch control works on your car? If it says how to activate it and that the checkered flag should be visible, you can ask your BMW genius why it isn’t working on your car?
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Are you pressing the DSC button at all? I think it'd be useful to maybe take a vid of the BimmerCode settings. This is weird
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Did you car come with LC from factory? I think if it was coded afterwards in some cars it won't show the flag but it will work. What year and model is your car? Do you have sport gearbox (maybe you need to code that as well?)?

EDIT: I just saw that it is a 2020 40i M Sport. It should work then. When you do it does it feel like LC is working and you just not get the flag?
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Did you car come with LC from factory? I think if it was coded afterwards in some cars it won't show the flag but it will work. What year and model is your car? Do you have sport gearbox (maybe you need to code that as well?)?

EDIT: I just saw that it is a 2020 40i M Sport. It should work then. When you do it does it feel like LC is working and you just not get the flag?
No flag for me. I went cruising yesterday through the canyons and halfway through A friend of mine with a 2018 440i gc tried and also no flag.
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Are you pressing the DSC button at all? I think it'd be useful to maybe take a vid of the BimmerCode settings. This is weird
I've tried it undocumented in my rant previously however I was unsuccessful with both sport and dsc set to TRACTION
As well as Sport+ holding the dsc

If you do Sport+ and press dsc it drops to sport.
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Are you pressing the DSC button at all? I think it'd be useful to maybe take a vid of the BimmerCode settings. This is weird
I've tried it undocumented in my rant previously however I was unsuccessful with both sport and dsc set to TRACTION
As well as Sport+ holding the dsc

If you do Sport+ and press dsc it drops to sport.
I would honestly take a vid or just take the car back in to BMW and ask what the deal is lol. The only thing I could think of is that they upped the miles that are needed to start LC.
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Thanks everyone.
I took it to bmw. No one was able to get the flag up. Bmw ran the codes and recoded- still didn't work. Taking it to get installed on Monday. Just wanted to thank you all for your efforts. I really appreciate the time y'all took out of your day to help me.
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