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Hi everyone got an issue with my bmw 3 series 2016 car keeps getting put into limp mode saying drivetrain issues taken to the garage a couple of times and they just hook it up to a scanner and clear it and charge me £40 00 save discovered thoe if I put cars heater on full blast this clears it as well.has anyone else experienced this is there a software upgrade available once its cleared car drives fine with no faults very annoying thoe.thanks for any feedback
Chewy bacon said:
Hi everyone got an issue with my bmw 3 series 2016 car keeps getting put into limp mode saying drivetrain issues taken to the garage a couple of times and they just hook it up to a scanner and clear it and charge me £40 00 save discovered thoe if I put cars heater on full blast this clears it as well.has anyone else experienced this is there a software upgrade available once its cleared car drives fine with no faults very annoying thoe.thanks for any feedback
The code is coming up because there's an issue somewhere. Recurrently just clearing the code doesn't 'fix' the problem! What's the actual diagnosis?3 things you can do:
Ask the garage to fix whatever their code reader says is triggering the limp mode. As has been said, clearing the fault code doesn't fix the problem, just clears the car's memory. It's obviously an intermittent fault, so it will come back again.
Buy your own code reader, and reset it yourself each time it happens. Make a note of the fault codes, see if you keep getting the same one(s). Google the code, and work out if it's worth getting it fixed.
Take it to a different garage, and explain that it keeps happening, and you'd like to have it repaired not reset.
Ask the garage to fix whatever their code reader says is triggering the limp mode. As has been said, clearing the fault code doesn't fix the problem, just clears the car's memory. It's obviously an intermittent fault, so it will come back again.
Buy your own code reader, and reset it yourself each time it happens. Make a note of the fault codes, see if you keep getting the same one(s). Google the code, and work out if it's worth getting it fixed.
Take it to a different garage, and explain that it keeps happening, and you'd like to have it repaired not reset.
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