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Originally Posted by spongerich
I had a similar scare 4 days after picking up my 04 4.4i. Dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree... turns out that my alternator is on its way out and my voltage fell low enough to sound every damn alarm. Trans Failsafe, 4x4, DSC, ABS... everything EXCEPT the alternator light.
German cars are weird that way. The slightest electrical issue sends their myriad of sensors into a frenzy. I had my old VW in the shop about 8 times.. 7 of those times there was nothing wrong with whatever the car claimed... just false alarms caused by bad / dirty sensors. It's great that the car is monitoring damn near everything for you, but sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
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Dont lynch me for saying so and going off topic, but the plethora of electrics and sensors and the like on these cars and most modern cars means there are cart load more things that can go wrong that cannot be seen with the naked eye.....I think the most trouble free car I had was a 1978audi 80....everything was serviceable so easily even by a comptenent DIYer...the X5 well another ball game and the door handle! joke how could such an expensive car have parts that are so below par
PLUS there is only one you can unlock and key access to the trunk! pants