Sure thing bud. My car definitely didnāt get started and sit for several MINUTES. Notice I said minutes, not seconds. Maybe thatās the part your missing on repeat.Ah, you mean the problem that isn't a problem? That one? Some might consider that misinformation
They all fit my solution. The manual says depending on engine condition after start-up. Which is what happened to everyone in this thread. So tell me again how I'm wrong. How about you be the adult, and just admit you're wrong, and realize you don't have a clue. And just be happy your car is fine.
Dude right? This shit is so fucking dumb.
Then STFU lol. You're keeping this going. It's right there in front of you, on the page, in the manual. But you insist that it's not the case. You keep saying you're done, but you keep going. I'll say it a third time.... be happy your car is working as it should.Dude right? This shit is so fucking dumb.
Nope, mine did it twice in Drive with engine at optimal temp, no power at all for 2-3 seconds and then it came alive. Cold engine protection doesnt make any sense.Ah, you mean the problem that isn't a problem? That one? Some might consider that misinformation
They all fit my solution. The manual says depending on engine condition after start-up. Which is what happened to everyone in this thread. So tell me again how I'm wrong. How about you be the adult, and just admit you're wrong, and realize you don't have a clue. And just be happy your car is fine.
It doesn't say cold engine. That was just a possibility. It says "engine condition" could be anything.Nope, mine did it twice in Drive with engine at optimal temp, no power at all for 2-3 seconds and then it came alive. Cold engine protection doesnt make any sense.
To know how it was behaving for you were the 500ft it first drove felt like it was in limp mode during that time?Yes it will have ended by then. I felt this "issue" not too long ago. As I backed out my driveway onto the road. By the time I reached the first intersection 500 ft from my house, it was driving normal.
It's a similar feeling, but without all the lights on the dash etc. The engine protection has a similar function in both cases so it's only natural it feels the same. Difference is that limp mode is to be able to drive a malfunctioning car home or to a shop, whereas this is to protect the engine until certain conditions are met and you get full power and rev range. That's all it is. A protection system for the engine. What all triggers it, I don't know. I just know it's in the manual and therefore a properly functioning part of the car.To know how it was behaving for you were the 500ft it first drove felt like it was in limp mode during that time?
That's what kind of worries me on a new car. I had gone into limp mode once when my maf plug had a crap connection on my Z4. (That particular maf had been unplugged and plugged back in a lot before then with work being done and after that was replaced) The time it happened I was pulling out of work onto a street where if I didn't leave the space from on coming traffic I had I would have been T-boned, luckily there was a center turn off lane I was able to get in to and pull back in to work. For me though I hadn't started off low revs it popped to limp mode as I was pulling out of the drive way from work. If this is happening when the ecu doesn't see it's at "normal" conditions the potential for this to sporadically happen during the life of the car is rather concerning. I've said it many times over the last several years the more and more issues cars and car makers are having is with too many electronics and too much tech. Building a Factory 5 Cobra kit is becoming more and more tempting, though I still do want to get a MKV, but it's still least a year out for me.It's a similar feeling, but without all the lights on the dash etc. The engine protection has a similar function in both cases so it's only natural it feels the same. Difference is that limp mode is to be able to drive a malfunctioning car home or to a shop, whereas this is to protect the engine until certain conditions are met and you get full power and rev range. That's all it is. A protection system for the engine. What all triggers it, I don't know. I just know it's in the manual and therefore a properly functioning part of the car.
I started the car, noticed the hesitation to rev, backed out the driveway, when I went in D, I felt the reduced power. I had to push the throttle in a little further than normal to get acceleration. Sat at the light for a little bit, and when the light went green, all was normal.
When I came home, instead of freaking out, did some research, read the manual, did some Googling, and saw it was perfectly normal lol.
Yep. That horse left the barn about 30 years ago. It's worse with the BMWs, honestly.I've said it many times over the last several years the more and more issues cars and car makers are having is with too many electronics and too much tech
I would agree with post 2009 when people, here especially say "BMW" I honestly had more issues with my MK3 in 6 years of having it than my z4 in the 10 years and counting with it. Most of the maintenance issues or sensors in my z4 are some of the same issues with our 2000 wrangler for example. Just replaced the crankshaft pos sensor on the wrangler few days ago even, haven't had to yet on my z4.Yep. That horse left the barn about 30 years ago. It's worse with the BMWs, honestly.
One source of these problems is BMWs prioritization of revenue over engineering stability. Most of these cars are built with options that are subsequently disabled in software. BMW then tries to extract additional revenue to activate these, either at time of purchase or via post-sale subscription services.
BMW then builds protections via software to prevent unauthorized activation of these features. The end result is needlessly complex software that isn't 100% reliable. The recent Carplay outage is an excellent example of this. Another example is the features here - mirror folding, door locking, autoheadlights, etc. - aren't available on all BMW models, only the higher-cost trim lines.
They also make this software so a single vehicle is world-wide-complient; the software can contain dozens of options to meet regs in nearly 200 countries. I'm betting the "cold-start" protection discussed in this thread fits in this category. Somebody somewhere requires this via regulation. This is astounding complexity, and I doubt even the BMW engineers are 100% aware of how it all functions.
If BMW prioritized reliability instead, you wouldn't have many of these problems. The revenue-based decisions are particularly short-sighted on BMW's part, in my opinion.