6AT 335xi brake,abs,traction control,transmission mal. and 4x4! lights on! Pls Help.

[Eleventeen]

Sorry I didn't read this thread 3 days ago. I would have told you it sounded like a battery issue (just from what I've read everywhere else). I got a slew of lights related to the ABS/traction issue the other day that were gone the next time I drove the car. If they come back, the battery will be my first suspect.

[LostMarine]

Martin from MNC Performance, Lynbrook, you might know him, idk.
Havent towed it yet nor planned it but after gettin ripped off from a guy here local to me in queens ive found martin, it was during ur move to acm that i went ...

On iphone today...sorry for any typos or what not...

do it right and have it towed to matt@autocouture there is a reason i drive 2 hours to get work done..

[Sticky]

I thought it was relatively well known at least on some other bmw xdrive models that the xdrive elec actuator that applies pressure to the xdrive clutch packs in the transfer case sometimes fails. This will turn on all the lights you have as the xdrive ties into those systems and they work together. When xdrive has a problem, all are flagged.

It sounds like it could be as simple as a bad electrical connection to a failed actuator. If the actuator died it's supposedly pretty easy to fix, don't need to pull the transfer case or anything. Just a few hudno for the actuator, change it out and possibly recode dme for the changed part. There is an annoying voice in this video but it explains the process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkTO6d-eYkA

It is likely not a major trans problem based on my limited knowledge but you never know. Try a few things yourself re investigating it then dealer it if you have to.

Good luck with it!

Nice post! Way to help out.

[Sticky]

So what's the verdict? Just the battery?

[BES335xi]

So what's the verdict? Just the battery?

Dont know yet, my mechanic will tell me tommorrow sometime when he has time to diagnose it, He's a certified bmw mechanic and has done work on my car before and i trust him, so all i'm hoping for is that it doesnt turn out to be something major.

[LessIsMore]

Just for the archives since I found this thread while troubleshooting my similar issue - sorry for the zombie thread from 2012
Out of the blue my car started acting weird, lots of drivetrain/ABS/steering messages in DIC and the trans would get stuck in N or P.

I was getting the following codes:
2DEB - power management, vehicle wiring system control
CDA1 - no description
CD95 - no description
2DE5 - fuel fill level sensor, right: signal
2DE4 - fuel fill level sensor, left: signal
2E82 - electrical cooling pump: switch off
2E98 - Generator, communication

problem was a bad alternator.

[Sticky]

Just for the archives since I found this thread while troubleshooting my similar issue - sorry for the zombie thread from 2012

Appreciate you looking out.

Lot's of people Google search for answers and old thead often have the info they are looking for.

[LessIsMore]

Appreciate you looking out.

Lot's of people Google search for answers and old thead often have the info they are looking for.

Definitely - this could be a potentially-confusing set of symptoms to identify root cause if you don't have some perspective/direction, and since the OP left this thread hanging, just wanted to give something for the next person. I hate it when I get to the end of a promising thread and the OP is like 'will post tomorrow with the answer/outcome, gaiz!" and never does ...

[Sticky]

when I get to the end of a promising thread and the OP is like 'will post tomorrow with the answer/outcome, gaiz!" and never does ...

Same here. Hence why I go through old threads or unread threads and if I see it wasn't answered I'll bump it to try to get it resolved.

A forum is only useful if the threads are useful.