NielsGalan
11-23-2008, 01:19 PM
I'm having trouble with a 95 520i auto.
While driving, first the ABS light, then the AIRBAG light comes on. I thought nothing of it, but noticed when I parked the car the electrics were a little "off". I tried starting it again, and it appeared that the car was low on power (electrical). Strange, but I shut it down and leave it there.
2 hours later I get back in the car, everything's fine, but the clock has mysteriously reset itself to 0:00, as if the battery had been disconnected. The car starts up fine, and off I go.
After a few minutes, ABS light and Airbag light come on. The transmission makes a jolt and the transmission warning light comes on (toothed wheel with an exclamation mark light between the E and D). Power gets very strange, and I'm sure the headlights are dimmer than normal.
I stop and shut the car down, restart and same problem. I turn around and head for home. Gradually almost the entire dashboard quits and the headlights are way too dim for safety with almost no visibility.
So I'm stumped. I am in the process of resettig the trans computer by joining the + and - cables by the battery (the mysterious fix, that no one really knows if it actually does anything).
But apart from that, what am I looking at???
While driving, first the ABS light, then the AIRBAG light comes on. I thought nothing of it, but noticed when I parked the car the electrics were a little "off". I tried starting it again, and it appeared that the car was low on power (electrical). Strange, but I shut it down and leave it there.
2 hours later I get back in the car, everything's fine, but the clock has mysteriously reset itself to 0:00, as if the battery had been disconnected. The car starts up fine, and off I go.
After a few minutes, ABS light and Airbag light come on. The transmission makes a jolt and the transmission warning light comes on (toothed wheel with an exclamation mark light between the E and D). Power gets very strange, and I'm sure the headlights are dimmer than normal.
I stop and shut the car down, restart and same problem. I turn around and head for home. Gradually almost the entire dashboard quits and the headlights are way too dim for safety with almost no visibility.
So I'm stumped. I am in the process of resettig the trans computer by joining the + and - cables by the battery (the mysterious fix, that no one really knows if it actually does anything).
But apart from that, what am I looking at???