Multiple Failure Messages & Failures

[fursat]

Hello,
I had gone to a long drive to Moneterey Bay yesterday when my X5 started acting weird. I have a 2006 BMW X5 with some 28K miles.

Here is the sequence of all warnings and failures that I got:

- Airbag not working warning
- Seatbelt not on warning (though we had seatbelts on), and a persistent warning on "Use seatbelts"
- CD player/radio stops working
- Cruise Control stops working
- All controls on the steering wheel stop working
- Trans Failsafe Prog warning
- Brake Fluid low warning
- Check brake lights warning (and my friend told me that my brake funtion was reversed as they were on all the time only turning off when I used brakes)
- It started raining and Wipers did not work

My car is still working and is driving well, so somehow I managed to drive back to Sunnyvale. I plan on taking it my X5 to the dealer soon but I thought I will ask you all to see if you have know what the problem is. Please let me know if you have had similar problems.

Thanks

[fursat]

Someone please let me know if you have seen something like these warnings before. Thank you for your inputs.

Regards

[NINCHS]

thats a lot to happen, maybe its a ECU problem. about $900 but you are covered under warranty.

my airbag warning went off one time and it ended up being a seatbelt sensor.

[fursat]

Thanks NINCHS
I am going to drop it off at the dealer and will keep you updated on what the dealer tells me.

[xx3]

With that many errors across that many different devices, I'd agree with an ECU issue - or maybe something wrong with the wiring harness ?

That many errors across that many devices lets you know that the devices aren't failling, but something major is... I should also note that this isn't a problem one sees everyday on an X5.

has your X had other sporadic issues?

[butundo]

What was the solution?

[rudejamaican]

Originally Posted by fursat

Hello,
I had gone to a long drive to Moneterey Bay yesterday when my X5 started acting weird. I have a 2006 BMW X5 with some 28K miles.

Here is the sequence of all warnings and failures that I got:

- Airbag not working warning
- Seatbelt not on warning (though we had seatbelts on), and a persistent warning on "Use seatbelts"
- CD player/radio stops working
- Cruise Control stops working
- All controls on the steering wheel stop working
- Trans Failsafe Prog warning
- Brake Fluid low warning
- Check brake lights warning (and my friend told me that my brake funtion was reversed as they were on all the time only turning off when I used brakes)
- It started raining and Wipers did not work

My car is still working and is driving well, so somehow I managed to drive back to Sunnyvale. I plan on taking it my X5 to the dealer soon but I thought I will ask you all to see if you have know what the problem is. Please let me know if you have had similar problems.

Thanks

That happen to me once when a UFO flew over head . J/k How long have you had the car ? its weird for everything to just fail at once. sounds like a bad ECU, hope the dealership take care of it.

[fursat]

Hello,
I took my X5 to the dealer and they said that it was a bad ignition switch that was causing this problem. So they replaced the ignition switch.

I do not believe that this is the problem as I keep getting sporadic errors every now and then. They just do not last long enough for me to take it to the dealer.

Thanks

[PhazeX5]

I'm having the same problem "TRANS FAIL PROG". I've been reading the forums and I really did not come up with a exact soultion why this is happening. Any suggestions??

[tomcat]

I know this is an old thread but had this happen over the last few days. Picked up a Uhaul trailer and a few minutes later the fun began. Since I've been driving a couple of days without the trailer it seems to be happening less and less. I saw somewhere it could be a battery voltage issue? The worst part of it is no power steering or radio and brake lights stuck on. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Scott
'05 4.8iS