Steering Malfunction error BM Ecks Five

[Greenberg]

Originally Posted by rodybmw

Do you get the same message as in the picture below? I got that in my 545 two winters ago and again a couple of weeks ago. It is common on E60's/E63's and 90% of the time it just means your Power Steering Fluid is slightly low, so when the weather gets cooler and the car is left off overnight (or a few hours) you get that message when you first start.......this is especially true when the car is parked on an incline. Once you get the car on a flat surface and it warms up slightly, if you shut it off and re-start it will go away.

Adding Power Steering Fluid to the appropriate level makes the message go away. Check the level and see if it is slightly low, and if you add the fluid yourself make sure you get the right type (it says on the P.S. fluid reservoir cap). My local generic auto parts stores (Pep Boys, Kragen) didn't have it so I had to get it from a store that sold European auto parts. If I remember correctly it was a CHF12 or something like that.

There was no question in mine and other E60 owners' cases that the P.S. Fluid level was truly marginally low and filling it to the correct lever made the message go away, but the question is why was it low to begin with. There doesn't seem to be a leak anywhere. I am planning on having the dealer do a thorough check for leaks in a couple of weeks to make sure it is fine.

Yeah exactly the same message, I keep my in an open garage and now its -7c degrees outside. One person told me you just have to add the fluid for it to disappear as stated here in this thread.

I haven't been to the dealer as they will do my head in and tell me that the car is not Under warranty because its been brought in form the USA! I know that BMW have world wide warranty no matter where you bought it but I will have to bring a LOT of noise to get it checked without paying...

Can I find any official representatives from BMW on this site? I would like for them to help me beef with my Russian dealers to service my car under warranty service...

If any of you guys do go the dealer hit me back up tell me what the dealer had commented on this problem.

Edit: My car sits perfectlly flat, well I think it does...

[Greenberg]

Hey how did you get the navigation on that small area showing up??? That means I can be in the Entertainment Area and have Navi still showing up?????

[Greenberg]

Originally Posted by Greenberg

Hey how did you get the navigation on that small area showing up??? That means I can be in the Entertainment Area and have Navi still showing up?????

Hey does anybody know how to do this... cant be bothered to read the manual.... I only read the manual once I break something to find out why I broke it in the first place...

[Denalio]

Originally Posted by Greenberg

Hey does anybody know how to do this... cant be bothered to read the manual.... I only read the manual once I break something to find out why I broke it in the first place...

Currently you can't. It is onlt this way beacause of the error message. I wish we could also.

[Greenberg]

Originally Posted by Denalio

Currently you can't. It is onlt this way beacause of the error message. I wish we could also.

Maybe a software update could fix this?

[rodybmw]

Originally Posted by Greenberg

Hey how did you get the navigation on that small area showing up??? That means I can be in the Entertainment Area and have Navi still showing up?????

Originally Posted by Denalio

Currently you can't. It is onlt this way beacause of the error message. I wish we could also

Actually it isn't because of the error message........I have the right side assist screen showing the map all the time. I haven't tried it on an E70 yet, but I assumed that it would be the same as the E60. I have the map on the right side Assist Window all the time no matter what is on the left Main widow and regardless of whether I'm using NAV or not. All you need to do on the E60 is to slide the iDrive controller to the right, push down once, then choose whether you want "perspective", "map facing north", or "map direction of travel".

Whenever I use the NAV system I have the HUD show the arrow/information display and the right side assist window show the map, and then I leave the main screen on either the Entertainment setting or "Route List". That way everything I could possibley need is displayed at the same time.

[rodybmw]

By the way, when the fluid level is borderline low then it will trigger the low sensor regardless of whether you're on a nose up incline or nose down incline....in my case it is a nose up incline.

[Greenberg]

Originally Posted by rodybmw

Actually it isn't because of the error message........I have the right side assist screen showing the map all the time. I haven't tried it on an E70 yet, but I assumed that it would be the same as the E60. I have the map on the right side Assist Window all the time no matter what is on the left Main widow and regardless of whether I'm using NAV or not. All you need to do on the E60 is to slide the iDrive controller to the right, push down once, then choose whether you want "perspective", "map facing north", or "map direction of travel".

Whenever I use the NAV system I have the HUD show the arrow/information display and the right side assist window show the map, and then I leave the main screen on either the Entertainment setting or "Route List". That way everything I could possibly need is displayed at the same time.

Do you have any pictures when you are in the Entertainment section with the Navigation little window next to it?...

Ill try fiddle with it a bit more.

[rodybmw]

[/ATTACH]

Originally Posted by Greenberg

Do you have any pictures when you are in the Entertainment section with the Navigation little window next to it?...

Ill try fiddle with it a bit more.

Here are some pictures showing that you can have a map window on the right no matter what screen you have on the left.....at least you can on the E60, I haven't tried it on an E70 yet.


Here are some of the menu choices in the Assist Window (there are more if you scroll down):





Route List on the left, Perspective map on the right:





Phone on the left, Perspective map on the right:





Climate on the left, Perspective map on the right:





Entertainment on the left, Perspective map on the right: