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Old 08-03-2012, 09:50 AM
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when I start my car (either 4.6 or 4.8), the PDC is NOT active, I get the BMW logo on the screen, and then stupid "ACCEPT" (which I happily had removed!!!) screen, and then I get regular, menu or radio, or map screen. The PDC is NOT active, as it has no business to be active when the car is NOT in reverse. Once I put the gear in reverse, the PDC will activate. I can manually deactivate the PDC even while I am in reverse. If I have a trailer that is properly hitched to the car (OE trailer hitch with OE module), the PDC still activates (along with the camera) but the rear sonic sensors are not activated, which is part of the factory design.


I have a question - does your PDC activate when you start the engine? If so, it might be a software programming issue, which I am not aware of, and someione might need to chime in. something, like a DRL or something...
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E53 X5 4.6iS
147K mi - Sold May 2013
Tireprints left in:
USA, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Russia

E53 X5 4.8iS built 2005-10-17
66200 mi - June 2012
96000 mi - June 2013
112000 mi - June 2014
OEM fire extinguisher
OE first aid kit
OE tow hitch
OE TV module
OE aspheric mirror
K&N air filter
black/white badges
rear camera
4-channel video recorder

Here is the list of things I have done to the X
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