The fault (telltale) light for the DSC has come on a few times, it tends to randomly dissapear for a couple of days then returns again. Has anybody had this problem before? Im gonna go and get it checked out at some point but just wondered if anybody had any experience with this problem. By the way I havnt been working on the car in any way so I havnt upset anything in that sense. Cheers in advance.
DSC Fault Light
- Thread starter Jimmy Gee
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IvanDobskey
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This sounds a little like my problem I had a month or so back. Turned out to be the brake pressure sensor. Cost about £200 all in to get fixed.
Had this prob when touring scotland in march kept comeing and going 
so took all wheels off cleaned sensors cleaned out behind wheel arches where plugs go into plastic box sprayed all contacts with a lot off WD40 and let soak in,fingers crossed not seen DSC light for 5 months.at the most 2hours work and about half tin of WD40 cheeper then stealers telling you allsorts of things,to me it either works or it does not cant keep comeing and going,so did not belive DSC was shot. Hope it works for you. 
so took all wheels off cleaned sensors cleaned out behind wheel arches where plugs go into plastic box sprayed all contacts with a lot off WD40 and let soak in,fingers crossed not seen DSC light for 5 months.at the most 2hours work and about half tin of WD40 cheeper then stealers telling you allsorts of things,to me it either works or it does not cant keep comeing and going,so did not belive DSC was shot. Hope it works for you. Thanks for the replies, TINO thanks for the feedback, think I will have a go myself as I dont fancy a trip to the stealers for something so trivial and it seems to make sense that the sensors just need a clean up, its worth a shot anyway before I get robbed. Where are the sensors located exactly? On the back of the hub?
It's funny. I got my Z4 a couple of weeks ago and off the bat I got the DSC warning light. Then I remembered reading how to "reset" it.
(from memory, could be wrong, do a search)
While parked and car idling, turn the wheel all the way left, all the way right, back to the middle. Turn it off, wait a bit, turn it on again and Bob's your uncle.
I did that (or something very similar) and the DSC warning that had popped up twice in like a week has been gone now for the last 2 including a trip to Berlin (1300km round trip plus my daily 80km round trip drive).
Might be worth a shot before splashing out money.
(from memory, could be wrong, do a search)
While parked and car idling, turn the wheel all the way left, all the way right, back to the middle. Turn it off, wait a bit, turn it on again and Bob's your uncle.
I did that (or something very similar) and the DSC warning that had popped up twice in like a week has been gone now for the last 2 including a trip to Berlin (1300km round trip plus my daily 80km round trip drive).
Might be worth a shot before splashing out money.
jimmy gee, jack car up take wheel off follow cable into hub unscrew pull out clean I used brake cleaner and a clean rag,spray with WD40 and replace,follow cables back into black plastic box prize open clean out muck spay again WD40,go round all wheels same and bob's your uncle,Worked for me. Hate them stealers,as befor either works or not can not be intermittent. 
anywhy how did we get on befor traction and abs. Seat of the pants or control lol. 
anywhy how did we get on befor traction and abs. Seat of the pants or control lol. Thanks for that TINO, I shall be having a go this weekendTINO said:jimmy gee, jack car up take wheel off follow cable into hub unscrew pull out clean I used brake cleaner and a clean rag,spray with WD40 and replace,follow cables back into black plastic box prize open clean out muck spay again WD40,go round all wheels same and bob's your uncle,Worked for me. Hate them stealers,as befor either works or not can not be intermittent.