2003 3.0 bunch of lights on after cruise control (pic inside

[Dean]

Hello, on my way to and from BMW fest gaydon my car broke down (3 times in fact). I had cruise on at 65ish and each time it was when there became an incline in the road. It stutters and then beeps and throws a load of lights on. Its revs fluctuates at 1-1.5k.
Obviously I pulled up, checked the obvious and restarted the engine and it was fine until the next hill, the 3rd time the engine management light stayed in and hasn't gone off since.

Pic below, the hazards are just as I was on the hard shoulder:

I'm going to take it in to an Indy but I was just wondering if anybody had any ideas, my feelings are not too serious and just a sensor but I dunno :scratchhead:

 

[T2FFN]

Dodgy coilpack?

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[Dean]

Don't know, seems to drive fine though still...

 

[mr wilks]

sounds like your car went into limp mode ?
you need to have the fault codes read ,

 

[Dean]

Going to book it into a Indy tommorow. I have one of them cheap £20 code readers from eBay, Is it best to stay away from them on BMWs?

 

[Dean]

Just to update on this had a fault logged on cylinder 4, took it to my local BMW specialist. Bartlett automotive in Huntingdon, who by the way are brilliant, and all is fine and dandy now

Changed coil and spark plug just as it looked slightly worse for wear

 

[andysat]

 

[T2FFN]

What do i win for guessing right? :smile:

I've had a few coils fail over a few cars, some drove ok until pushed, some were like tractors! Guess it depends how much its failed.

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[Dean]

Haha you receive my respect thanks.

He said as it misfired whilst I was in cruise the car essentially didn't know what to do with itself so that's why it cut out.