The car has been back to the dealers again for more diagnosis and no faults were found, the batter is under a year old but the car had been in to have a new gear control unit fitted and they said it was left open with the ignition on when that was done, it went on a battery tender overnight and ...

Just done some reading on it now and from what I can gather if the battery is of the same spec then it only needs to be registered in order to reset the timer on how long it's been fitted. If it's a different battery then it needs coding too.

I shall see what the car decides to do in the morning.

Thanks for the information so far guys. As said the car is on charge tonight so I'll see what the crack is in the morning.

It seems totally ridiculous to need coding for a battery, if the new one to be fitted is of the same spec then how can it be necessary ?

Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I've left it on a trickle charge tonight so I'll see what the situation is in the morning. The car has been standing for about a fortnight and has just been into sytner for a repair so I imagine it probably had the doors left open there. Is the dis software available to buy and ...

Afternoon chaps. So the car has started telling me there is an increased battery drain (I think that was the wording) and losing its clock setting ? The dealer has said to charge it overnight but the car has been driven and starts perfectly so I can't see that helping to be honest. I suspect the ...

6 speed.

Done some research and I'm 99% sure it should be locked in the P position until both the brake and lock switch are pressed so I'm suspecting either a switch fault or a stuck lock actuator in the gear selector unit itself.

Never had this problem in my '77 mgb !

That's interesting, on mine I only have to press it to get into reverse ? I can get into drive by just pressing the brake and tapping the stalk back.

The mystery continues

It's an odd one, this is the first E70 I've had so this May be a daft question, are you supposed to have to press the button on the side to take it out of park or is it just to engage reverse (how the cars working now)

Thanks

Evening guys. Just trying to see of this is anything anyone's had before. Car is in park, go to reverse then drive, all ok, neutral then drive, all ok, park then drive with the reverse lockout button pressed, all ok, BUT go from park to drive just by tapping the selector back and it pings a fault ...

Thanks, the double hazards look pretty cool, what menu would I find them in then ?

What are bfd and double flash hazards ?

Ok I've got the tv working. Had to leave the car closed for a few minutes for it to power down and now it works spot on ! Got lights and chirp for locking and unlocking now as well.

What else is there worth altering ?

Morning guys. Ok so my scanner arrived from eBay and much to my surprise I've got it working ! On windows xp and got the drivers right ! Highly unlike me ! Anyway, can anyone tell me how to go about activating a few things now, mainly tv in motion but also locking etc... I did a search to see if I ...

Thanks for the help ! So really it's just a case of do it and hope for the best, the idea of having to go into a lot of depth coding wise fills me with dread !

I'll just keep everything crossed till the scanner arrives !

I've attempted to read and understand all of that but it gets bloody complicated ! I have the webasto layout what only has the 1 electric valve unit to split water to the matrix sides, doesn't seem to be the one to close off the water to the engine. From what I've read though the fault on X5 ALN's ...