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error lights ?

Post by damon » Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:50 pm

hi can anyone advise me??
  went to start my x5  wouldnt turn over(flat battery)removed battery and recharged ok-i fitted an auxilery batery via jump leads so the memory wasnt dead-after re fitting battery started vehicle but now getting 3 warning lights from the dbc in yellow  -could it be somthing ive knocked removing battery ?? :(
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Re: error lights ?

Post by X5Sport » Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:44 pm

Which three lights?  Also try turning the steering from lock to lock whilst slowly moving (a crawl is fine) as this will reset the new battery alert which if memory serves is the DSC one.
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Re: error lights ?

Post by shadrack » Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:52 pm

have you driven it yet, some of them will go off after driving a minute or so
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Post by kkodal78 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:03 pm

Would  two of those three be DSC, ABS? If so it might be it did not have enough power at some point which your dead battery explains it so drive it for a few mins and should be gone. That happened to me before.


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Re: error lights ?

Post by damon » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:37 am

havnt driven it yet i will try that today
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Post by kkodal78 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:33 pm

Any update?


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Re: error lights ?

Post by damon » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:12 am

hi
    due to a broken foot wasnt able to drive the vehicle to try
but saturday managed to get somone else to take for a drive and after a minuite all the lights reset :D
so thanks for the replys they were a great help
just cant wait to get back driving again its been a long six weeks !!
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Post by kkodal78 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:22 pm

Good to hear that the lights reset. Good luck with the foot.


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