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Morning everybody,

Just a quick update. The car went for MOT and I asked a different garage (number 4) whether they could look into the problem. They where trying to luxate the problem on the lift bridge for two hours. In the end they thought I could be number 10 (Steering arm with rubber bushing) on the left side.

RealOEM.com - Online BMW Parts Catalog

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I ordered a lot of different parts. From the picture above number (4, 10, 13 and 17). So yesterday I replaced part 10 on the left. A lot of work. The bolt wouldn't come loose. I broke two torx bits, heated it up and used an impact tool to get it loose. The old part looked OK to me.

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So I torqued the new part down to specs and drove away. And you will all guess. Problem is persisting

Another garage mentioned that it could be number 13 because this is also a joint. The idea was that he couldn’t find the play in the joint because of the pressure that the air suspensions puts on the rear axle. So I removed the air out the air suspensions and tried to find any play in the rear axle but couldn’t find anything even with the air removed.

For this part you need a special tool something like the picture below. But seems a lot of work.

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For now I'm completely stuck. Maybe good to mention it's not only the sound but also a feeling that on the left side something is being put in an out plane you feel it especially driving away from standing still pulling the steering wheel first completely to the left and accelerating.

My questions are:

• Does anyone has experience with this kind of symptoms
• Can it be related to number 13 on a BMW F11. Think they call it a rose bush and found that it sometimes is a problem on older types of BMWs
• The only play I could find under the car is a little bit of play in the HSR unit. But I don't thinks this is the problem. Or should I replace this part (really expensive)
• Could it also be a rear axle support rubber mount, although I couldn't find any play here

Hopefully anybody of the experts here as an additional idea where to go from here.

Thanks in advance.

Have a good Sunday!

Usually the equipment/cable is here inside. You can't destroy from outside. --> indeed. And when there is a shortage with such a high amperage battery the small wires would burn and won't drain the complete battery in a couple of hours I guess.

Jump started the car with another BMW. Waited first a couple of minutes and it started. After this there where a thousand of errors. One was concerning high usage or something. Took it for a drive. Did a reset and everything was oke. The most logical thing is I think an internal error in the battery because the car was jacked up pretty high so the battery was also in a curved position. Hopefully the problem is over now. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the help!

Yes will try in a minute and then read the card with ISTA. Will keep you up to date. The strange thing is that I don't understand that energy management doesn't cut any drainage to preserve enough power to start the car?

Thanks battery is completely drained. Will try to jumpstart now or if this fails charge it. Can there be a leak somewhere around the point that I jacked the rear of the car at the tow bar and than put it on stands? Electrics there look completely normal.

Ok will check asap. But than there would be a reason why the battery is draining. Do you normally here the ticking constantly when the battery is drained?

Dear Experts,

Today I checked my rear suspension and drive a couple of meters after this without any problems. In the evening I would like to go for a ride but the car is completely dead. Not opening with key, no lights, no dashboard, no nothing.

There is a loud ticking and it seems to be coming from a relay I guess. I think it is this relay: Relay, Terminal 30B Z2_1 (RealOEM.com - Online BMW Parts Catalog)

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It stopped maybe it drained the battery.

1) Do you guys have any idea how to continue?

2) Pull the relay? Test it?

3) Can I open the back of a station (F11) without any key couldn't find a release mechanism so I can access the battery

4) Could it have something to do that I jacked the rear of the car at the tow bar and than put it on stands?

Hopefully somebody can help because the car doesn't do anything right now

He guys,

Just replaced the unit. Ordered an original. The fault was intermittent so hopefully it's gone for good. Was a lot of fiddling.

What really surprised me was the production date of the old unit (see picture). This is aug 2017. So if this is the first one that has been replaced then the original one had a lifetime of (production of car okt 2010) approximately 7 years. The one I replaced today only had a lifetime of 5 years.

Really weird that these units life so short. Not sure why. Hopefully this is the culpri

Thanks!

Vielen Dank für die Antwort.

Können Sie anhand der Fehlermeldung erkennen, dass der Controller defekt ist?

Kann ich ein HERTH+BUSS- oder Hitachi-Steuergerät mit Bosch-Glühkerzen kombinieren?

Dear BMW experts,

When reading out my BMW (F11 530D production year 08/2010) using ISTA I was getting an error concerning the glow plugs. See screenshot below (241F00). Preheating control unit: preheating control unit, output stage, cylinder 1, faulty. Sometimes cylinder 4 also comes up with the same error.

Things I have done so far:

1) I thought it would be the glow plug itself so I replaced it but was giving the same error

2) Removed the connector on cylinder 1 than it’s giving me the error that there is an open circuit

3) Placed the connector of cylinder 1 one the top of cylinder 3. It is giving me the same error as above

All those things above made me think that it isn’t the glow plug itself but the controller.

Now I have some questions concerning this error.

A) Do you guys also think it is the controller?

B) I read on the website with BMW that you can’t combine Bosch and Beru for example. Glow plug unit and glow plugs (see screenshot). Is this really a problem? Can I buy HERTH+BUSS or Hitachi?

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C) On the internet I read everywhere that when there is a problem in the DDE ECU the car won’t regenerate its DPF. When I read out the DDE I don’t see any problem with this or am I missing something?

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Thanks for your help in advance!

Happy easter!