Went through huge puddle, now no electronic assisted steering
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Jan 30, 2019 02:25PM | Dan Moffet | |
Jan 30, 2019 08:13AM | ve9aa | |
Jan 28, 2019 11:42AM | ve9aa | Edited: Jan 28, 2019 11:45AM |
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Jan 28, 2019 10:30AM | kenatminimania | |
Jan 28, 2019 07:38AM | Dan Moffet | |
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Jan 28, 2019 06:37AM | ve9aa | |
Jan 28, 2019 05:28AM | kenatminimania | |
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Course, it does make me drive a little more carefully, as I have no traction control, nor will cruise kick off if I hit snow or ice (tested that theory this morning)
I'm baffled by all this.
Looks like I might be buying some kind of scanner to see if I can detect certain faults in certain sensors or modules. Still makes no sense to disable steering if there's wheelspin.
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I almost feel like I am a hostage to BMW for certain aspects of the car, whereas my bike (Harley) and my Austin Mini, or most of my other cars I've owned, I can buy parts where I want, read the OBD-II (clear it if necessary), work on it myself or take it to a shop if I want, and move on with my life.
Heck, even my old VW Golf Diesel had "subsystems" whereby I bought a $150 cable and software from a reputable firm and played with engine timing, airbag warning lights, doorlocks etc. Not so with BMW. Ugh... I don't even know when the service manual became available for the R56 (2008+) but it wasn't around when I bought this car in 2012.....so I am getting it late.
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I still have electronic power steering assist.
I bet anyone 3 rusty lugnuts, if I ENGAGED DSC (ie: don't do anything when I first fire the car up...DSC is engaged as a default) that I wouldn't make it 2 miles down the road if I had any kind of wheel slip, and EPS would go out.
My $$ is on a sensor and not the $2000-$3000 electronic power steering module/rack whatever itself. SOmewhere a connector for a sensor is full of water, or unhooked, or flaky. The steering (when its told to work) is working fine.
SOMETHING is freaking out and telling the EPS to disengage.
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Check the connections at the PS unit, its fully electric with no hydraulic fluids... Apply some dielectric grease to ensure good contact....
Here is what Bentley says about steering power assist reduced or failed - possible causes:
1. EPS control module or motor electrical contacts corroded.
2. EPS electrical cable damaged.
Check the connections at the PS unit, its fully electric with no hydraulic fluids... Apply some dielectric grease to ensure good contact....
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Makes me love my classic Mini even more.
Our newest car is a 2010 - I'm beginning to worry about having to replace it with something newer. All that complexity. I'm starting to think even idiot lights were not such a bad idea.
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If I unhook the battery(to reset), I wager if it was summer and I was driving on dry pavement, I could probably go days without any issues, but where it's winter, there is a little slip and slide here and there.
I am leaning towards a wheel speed sensor....my manual arrives Feb 5th or 6th.....I'll be doing some reading (lol)
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So, that tells me it's some sensor somewhere doesn't like a small slide or wheel spin (or inertial forces) and not being able to compensate?
(this seems illogical to me....I mean if you think about it....OK, car is spinning or drifting ever so slightly...what shall we do?
DISENGAGE the guys power steering to make it tougher for him to steer of course !
I think I like Lucas electrics over German technology.
I am going to reset it (unhook battery) for the trip home and push the DSC button (to disengage it) and see if that works.
That's not a solution, but maybe it'll give me either more data and some days of driving WITH power steering.
Stay tuned........weigh in if you have any info !
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Took car for short drive . All good.
I am NOT convinced issue is resolved however.
Someone must know what sensors are involved with the electronic power assist steering system (module?) or how to clear errors laying resident.
I would bet $100 that in 24hrs I'll be posting that I am back to square one with no power steering.
Keep us updated whether the problem persists...
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Took car for short drive . All good.
I am NOT convinced issue is resolved however.
Someone must know what sensors are involved with the electronic power assist steering system (module?) or how to clear errors laying resident.
I would bet $100 that in 24hrs I'll be posting that I am back to square one with no power steering.
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When I hooked it back up, error was gone. (just running car in the driveway, I had 'power' steering again).
Shut car off.
Three or four hours later, drove car to town (~30kms). Worked 100%....I was a happy guy, UNTIL
Came back to car 30-40mins later, error reappeared. No power steering.
I'm not a happy boy anymore.
Curiously...when I unhooked the battery earlier, I lost the time & odometer readings, but not the radio presets, nor date.
(not unhooked long enough?)
Will try unhooking the battery longer tomorrow and do another test.
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A lot of water fell yesterday. Went around a turn and got very surprised and hit a ginormous puddle of water probably close to a foot deep, completely across the road.
Car didn't stall, but I almost instantly saw the dreaded yellow steering wheel error with exclamation point.
I cannot find a fuse for this motor and mechanism.
I searched the internet almost dry but find no reset procedure.
My absolute last hope is to take it to a dealer 4 hours away and miss a day from work. I don't want to do this.
I am not w/o skills and do most of my own work on my car, classic car, motorcycle, electronics, etc., but I am not a mechanic-LOL
Is there anything I can try as far as a reset? Fuse # and location? (under the hood fuse box shows nothing obvious)
(I already scanned it with an OBDII reader and as expected, nothing related to steering showed up....had to try)
I have nearly 500kms on the car since this happened yesterday, so I am pretty sure now that it's not coming back on its own.
One small pc of info I noticed late today, is that I can kinda/sorta get the assist motor to engage just a little when the car is FIRST started (and systems are booting up) but it's not true power steering....it's more like in a car with a real power steering pump and a slipping belt you get that jerky feeling and the wheel moves slowly, gyrating......then after 2 seconds, the cars systems have checked and it goes back to "straight non-assist steering".
It's not impossible to drive., but it is annoying.
OTOH, the longer I go like this, the more I'll look like Arnold Schwartzenegger !
Thanks for anything folks,
Mike
p.s.-I ordered a Bentley Manual last night, but it'll be 10-12 days before it arrives.
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