DSC light comes on at 20mph
DSC light comes on at 20mph
Hi guys. Hoping for a little advice please.
The DSC light on my 2000 3.0 Z3 has recently started coming on at 20 mph.
You can drive around as long as you like below 20mph but when you go over that the DSC light (only the DSC light) comes on and stays on until you turn off the ignition.
My code reader software (ProScan) seems only to read the engine codes and shows no stored error codes.
I'm not able to get INPA to work so I'm struggling to find out where the problem is.
I have removed and cleaned both rear wheel sensors. I've not done the fronts as they are stuck in place and I don't want to break them. I've also disconnected the battery for an hour to reset the systems but the DSC light still comes on at 20mph.
Anybody seen this before?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
The DSC light on my 2000 3.0 Z3 has recently started coming on at 20 mph.
You can drive around as long as you like below 20mph but when you go over that the DSC light (only the DSC light) comes on and stays on until you turn off the ignition.
My code reader software (ProScan) seems only to read the engine codes and shows no stored error codes.
I'm not able to get INPA to work so I'm struggling to find out where the problem is.
I have removed and cleaned both rear wheel sensors. I've not done the fronts as they are stuck in place and I don't want to break them. I've also disconnected the battery for an hour to reset the systems but the DSC light still comes on at 20mph.
Anybody seen this before?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
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Which INPA version have you got? I have the BMtechnics and it works ok on a `98 1.9 - never tried it on anything else yet. Whereabouts are you in Cheshire?Tufarlian wrote: ............I'm not able to get INPA to work so I'm struggling to find out where the problem is..............
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I've found that the front sensors are more likely to be at fault because they are the ones that are more exposed to spray. That is why they are also more difficult to remove. I understand your reluctance to remove them. I had one shear of and it then needed drilling out and retapping. It's worth trying releasing oil over several days (not WD40). Good luck.
John
John
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INPA 1004 4_2005, ELM327 USB and BMW adapter. Win XP laptop.
ProScan works both in the round under bonnet socket and the standard OBD socket under the steering column. ProScan and my Ford specific software also works on wife's Focus and daughter's KA. INPA loads OK but just crashes when you try and run a script. Error is "IFH-0003: Data transmission HOST/Interface failed". tried all sorts of things found on various forums but with no luck.
I'm in Middlewich and do get over to Chester occasionally. If I buy the beer can we meet up and try your BMTechnics setup?
Thanks
Mark
ProScan works both in the round under bonnet socket and the standard OBD socket under the steering column. ProScan and my Ford specific software also works on wife's Focus and daughter's KA. INPA loads OK but just crashes when you try and run a script. Error is "IFH-0003: Data transmission HOST/Interface failed". tried all sorts of things found on various forums but with no luck.
I'm in Middlewich and do get over to Chester occasionally. If I buy the beer can we meet up and try your BMTechnics setup?
Thanks
Mark
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Sorry can't help with the error code but willing to try my set-up on yours - will drop you a pm.Tufarlian wrote: .........INPA loads OK but just crashes when you try and run a script. Error is "IFH-0003: Data transmission HOST/Interface failed". tried all sorts of things found on various forums but with no luck.
I'm in Middlewich and do get over to Chester occasionally. If I buy the beer can we meet up and try your BMTechnics setup?
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I can get the allen bolt out but the sensor itself is still stuck in there. If I knew it was duff and I had the replacement I'm sure I could get it out but I don't want to damage a possibly good sensor.John Wilson wrote:I've found that the front sensors are more likely to be at fault because they are the ones that are more exposed to spray. That is why they are also more difficult to remove. I understand your reluctance to remove them. I had one shear of and it then needed drilling out and retapping. It's worth trying releasing oil over several days (not WD40). Good luck.
John
I'm not completely sure my problem is a wheel sensor anyway because I don't get any ABS light, just the DSC light, but most threads I can find still seem to have the wheel sensors as likely culprits.
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Done any work on the front axle or bumped a curb? Alignment issues can cause this sort of problem.
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Other indirect causes can be tyre wear and incorrect tyre pressures. Wheel sensor dirt/faults or chaffed wiring to the sensors are common causes though.
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Not exactly. Did put 2 new tyres on the front but that was weeks before this problem showed up.Del wrote:Done any work on the front axle or bumped a curb? Alignment issues can cause this sort of problem.
Thanks for the pointer though. One more thing to check out.
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In my experience DSC, ESC and all other variations on traction control use the wheel speed sensor as well as the ABS system. But it still could be the wheel sensor at fault.
"Knowledge and experience are not always the same"
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The DSC system include a steering angle sensor on the column and 2 sensors under the passenger footwell carpet. After all this rain has the carpet there got wet and upset the sensors. Some of the INPA do not read the DSC system.
Brian
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I have read about the yaw sensors under the passenger seat. Carpet doesn't feel wet but it's been raining so much lately that I can't honestly say the car is bone dry inside.Brian4 wrote:The DSC system include a steering angle sensor on the column and 2 sensors under the passenger footwell carpet. After all this rain has the carpet there got wet and upset the sensors. Some of the INPA do not read the DSC system.
I've no idea how to check the steering wheel sensor. Jonco has offered to try his working INPA (thanks mate) later this week and I'm hoping it gives me something to go on.
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In my messing about trying to track this down I have found that the NSF spring is broken. Looks pretty recent.
Could this cause the DSC light to come on?
And a supplementary question - any recommendations for standard springs, and I suppose shock inserts while I'm in there, or is it best just to go to BMW?
Thanks
Mark
Could this cause the DSC light to come on?
And a supplementary question - any recommendations for standard springs, and I suppose shock inserts while I'm in there, or is it best just to go to BMW?
Thanks
Mark
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Many thanks to Jonco for reading the codes with his INPA setup.
Code 177 DSC Pre Charge pump failure.
Scarily expensive for a new one but I checked the DSC and ABS fuses and found a popped one.
Replaced and all is well now. Result.
Here's hoping it was just a one off and it doesn't pop another fuse.
Now, just that spring to get sorted......
Code 177 DSC Pre Charge pump failure.
Scarily expensive for a new one but I checked the DSC and ABS fuses and found a popped one.
Replaced and all is well now. Result.
Here's hoping it was just a one off and it doesn't pop another fuse.
Now, just that spring to get sorted......
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Great news - had been looking at wiring diagrams and was going to suggest fuse but you beat me to it.Tufarlian wrote: Scarily expensive for a new one but I checked the DSC and ABS fuses and found a popped one.
Replaced and all is well now. Result. ......
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Not relevant to you now, but you can test a sensor if you have an analogue voltmeter. Connect the two sensor wires to the voltmeter and spin the wheel. If the needle flutters, sensor is working. Good quality digital voltmeters can also be used, but the lag in a cheap voltmeter means the test may not work.Tufarlian wrote: I can get the allen bolt out but the sensor itself is still stuck in there. If I knew it was duff and I had the replacement I'm sure I could get it out but I don't want to damage a possibly good one.
Pingu
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Glad you got this sorted, well done Jonco for the work with INPA.
Great tip Pingu, I see that the wheel sensors get their ground from the securing bolt, do you need to put the multimeter across the two terminals of the sensor or do you need a ground for reference?
Great tip Pingu, I see that the wheel sensors get their ground from the securing bolt, do you need to put the multimeter across the two terminals of the sensor or do you need a ground for reference?
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I assume the two wires, but you should really test a good one to find out.Brian H wrote:Great tip Pingu, I see that the wheel sensors get their ground from the securing bolt, do you need to put the multimeter across the two terminals of the sensor or do you need a ground for reference?
I wonder if the earth connection is to ensure that the trough of the ac voltage is 0v. If it wasn't earthed, could the voltage peak be too high for the electronics in the ECU?
RobertT has more knowledge about these things. I only really understand things I can hit with a hammer, or prod with a stick. Electronics are like black magic to me.
Pingu
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Useful to know. Makes it possible to test a sensor without having to remove it.pingu wrote:....you can test a sensor if you have an analogue voltmeter. Connect the two sensor wires to the voltmeter and spin the wheel. If the needle flutters, sensor is working....
Thanks
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It looks like it is as I guessed. The sensor will be excited by the spinning wheel and it is the two wires that go to the car that should be checked for an alternating voltage. I still don't know what the earth connection is for .
Pingu
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Still chasing my ABS/DSC lights.
All underbonnet fuses OK, but does anyone know exactly where Fuse 49 is ?
I've looked under panel below the steering wheel but can see only 3 relays. Where is it....
All underbonnet fuses OK, but does anyone know exactly where Fuse 49 is ?
I've looked under panel below the steering wheel but can see only 3 relays. Where is it....
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It seems that the car is trying to tell you that everythinhg comes through the initial self-test routine at switch-on with no problems, but a problem is seen at 20 mph when the system goes live, so I doubt if a code reader will throw up anything of interest.
I would bet that both front sensors are pretty grubby by now, and until you can remove and clean them any conjecture is worthless. If that means wrecking the sensors to get them out, so be it - at least it would be a job worth doing, and cheaper than having a garage plug a computer into the car.
I would bet that both front sensors are pretty grubby by now, and until you can remove and clean them any conjecture is worthless. If that means wrecking the sensors to get them out, so be it - at least it would be a job worth doing, and cheaper than having a garage plug a computer into the car.
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henrycrun wrote:Still chasing my ABS/DSC lights.
All underbonnet fuses OK, but does anyone know exactly where Fuse 49 is ?
I've looked under panel below the steering wheel but can see only 3 relays. Where is it....
I can't see a fuse 49 on the Z3 wiring diagram. Where did you get a reference to it from?
Has your car got the DSC button or ASC as the DSC has far more sensors and the ASC really only has the 4 wheel speed sensors and the brake light switch in circuit, and operates through the ABS module to apply brakes as it sees fit
As said above wheel speed sensors can be tested for continuity and is the wheel is spun with a test meter on voltage you should see it change.
Brian
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Fuse 49 is listed on my main fusebox cover "located under steering wheel" (Car is a 1.9 built Jan 99)
Just the one ASC button on the dash.
I've spun each wheel with a meter and I 'seem' to get pulses generated all round.
I've also been to to a garage have codes read, but they couldn't get a connection to the car.
Starting to get concerned as the MOT is in 3 weeks...
Just the one ASC button on the dash.
I've spun each wheel with a meter and I 'seem' to get pulses generated all round.
I've also been to to a garage have codes read, but they couldn't get a connection to the car.
Starting to get concerned as the MOT is in 3 weeks...
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I agree with Mike that you should just get the wheel sensors out, and if they are damaged, then just replace them for a few quid. At least the bolts are removable and have not sheared, which is the biggest problem. Once out, they can then be easily cleaned on a regular basis, thus preventing future problems. It is the front ones that get the most dirt.
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I would swap them out but the fronts are stuck fast.
BTW - does the speedo use ABS sensor pulses and if so, which corner ?
BTW - does the speedo use ABS sensor pulses and if so, which corner ?
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Speedo pickup is on the diff, not the wheels.
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ECU Testing Ltd in Derby helped me out with ABS/DSC issues.
Robert - I've sent you a pm.
Cheers
MikeR
Robert - I've sent you a pm.
Cheers
MikeR
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BTW - do the ABS and DSC lights have the capability to display AMBER or RED depending on the severity of the fault ?
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Not as far as I know. I did see this on the brake hydraulics light when running some tests on a 2.2 recently, but not on any of the other lights. None of the pre-facelift cars have this.
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Front RH ABS sensor diagnosed at garage last week.
Just spent 3 hours, on and off with WD40 trying to unstick it. No luck.
Any suggestions ?
Just spent 3 hours, on and off with WD40 trying to unstick it. No luck.
Any suggestions ?
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AS its been identified as faulty your only option is to drift it out with a punch and a hammer destroying it in the process, clean the mounting hole up and fit your new one.
Colb
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You could try a proper releasing oil. I believe that The WD40 people do a releasing oil, but that the standard WD40 is not strickly for that use. Try keeping it soaking for a few days. It might save you a few quid distroying the sensors.
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+1, the hole in the king pin which the abs sensor sits in really does get choked up with corrosion, I removed the front wheel hub/bearing assembly and attacked it from that direction.colb wrote:AS its been identified as faulty your only option is to drift it out with a punch and a hammer destroying it in the process, clean the mounting hole up and fit your new one.
Colb
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Does anyone have a favourite penetrating oil ?
(I only know of Plusgas and WD40)
(I only know of Plusgas and WD40)
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Good old 3 in 1 and lots of patience. Works pretty much every time.henrycrun wrote:Does anyone have a favourite penetrating oil ?
(I only know of Plusgas and WD40)
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Both WD-40 and Plusgas evaporate too quickly - I prefer to use diesel, which will creep through anything.
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My tame mechanic swopped out the faulty wheel sensor today - and the blooody ABS+Traction lights are still on.
Is there a reset that has to be done ?
Is there a reset that has to be done ?
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It sometimes takes a couple of journeys before resetting itself. Hope it works.
John
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Thanks
In the meantime, I may buzz through for continuity, from the wheel sensor plug to the ASC pump connector.
Can anyone point me towards a wiring diagram that gives ASC pump pin numbers (and colours) for the 1.9 M44 1998 ?
In the meantime, I may buzz through for continuity, from the wheel sensor plug to the ASC pump connector.
Can anyone point me towards a wiring diagram that gives ASC pump pin numbers (and colours) for the 1.9 M44 1998 ?
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You can download the ETM from here: http://wedophones.com/BMWManualsLead.htm
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't see any wire colours on those.
In addition the pin #s in the schematic don't seem to match the pin #s in the list.
In addition the pin #s in the schematic don't seem to match the pin #s in the list.
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Had another diagnostic done today, the new wheel sensor is working OK, but now we have
- ABS Pump fault.
Can I just swop this out for an identical unit ? Are there any coding issues ?
- ABS Pump fault.
Can I just swop this out for an identical unit ? Are there any coding issues ?
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If you speak to the guys at BBA Reman they are very helpful. As far as I know they don't need coding.
http://www.bba-reman.com/UK/
or
http://www.ecutesting.com/
http://www.bba-reman.com/UK/
or
http://www.ecutesting.com/
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I had to have my replacement pump re-coded Details Here. The guy who re-coded it said that each vehicle has a code (IIRC its 34 digits) stored in the vehicle's ECU and this has to be copied to the ASC unit so it knows what other systems the vehicle has fitted. Theoretically if you can get a pump from an identical vehicle then it is possuble that it wouldn't need re-coding as the code should be the same for both vehicles.henrycrun wrote:Can I just swop this out for an identical unit ? Are there any coding issues ?
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I still have to take mine off and get it sent away - probably a daft question but how easy is it to get off - If I unscrew the pipes what is going to pour out?
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Only brake fluid, just mop up as you go with rags or paper towel.
May want some releasing oil on the pipe unions first.
Just to finish my long winded story.
Received a used Z3 ASC Pump sourced from Spurs Fan (Many thanks!)
I checked that the part numbers matched my existing unit, both on the pump body - and on the integral controller (hard to read without poking a camera into the darkness)
Then got a local garage to fit the unit and bleed the system.
They then cleared the fault codes, ABS and Traction Lights went out (for now!)
Car quickly MoT'ed for another year.
Result !
May want some releasing oil on the pipe unions first.
Just to finish my long winded story.
Received a used Z3 ASC Pump sourced from Spurs Fan (Many thanks!)
I checked that the part numbers matched my existing unit, both on the pump body - and on the integral controller (hard to read without poking a camera into the darkness)
Then got a local garage to fit the unit and bleed the system.
They then cleared the fault codes, ABS and Traction Lights went out (for now!)
Car quickly MoT'ed for another year.
Result !
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Brilliant
Really pleased that it seems to have worked
Enjoy
Really pleased that it seems to have worked
Enjoy
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Good job hope its out for ever.