Drivetrain Malfunction - Limp Mode

[Jace78]

What's this about any idea? 2016 X5M
Turned the car on, wasn't driven hard beforehand, had a couple hours to rest, got in it, turned it on, and immediately the warning came on. I can't drive it above about 3,000 rmp. I will do some research and see what I can find. Any insight? Have almost 12,000 miles on it.

I already had the car connect to BMW service to schedule an appointment... we will see.

[onfireX5]

Did you try turning it off and on a couple of times to see if it would clear ?

[raym3cs]

could just be a sensor or a cylinder misfiring

[Jace78]

Cleared after 8 restarts and driving around at various slow speeds. Hasn't come back on since. We will see.

[secretariat]

Did you get gas recently. Check your gas cap.

[JNoSol]

Try removing your Dinan Piggy? Otherwise, take it in. The only time I've had that warning on a BMW was a leaking vacuum hose. Very minor.

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by JNoSol

Try removing your Dinan Piggy? Otherwise, take it in. The only time I've had that warning on a BMW was a leaking vacuum hose. Very minor.

Or bad sensors as I have seen a bunch of times on N20 N55.

[elisiX]

Originally Posted by Jace78

Cleared after 8 restarts and driving around at various slow speeds. Hasn't come back on since. We will see.

I was at a dyno day on the weekend and a couple of cars went limp (limited RPM).

Locking and unlocking 3 times reset them from memory.

[Manoloiv]

Greetings,

I just experienced the drivetrain malfunction.
When accelerating the car feels like its bumping, I can hardly get to speed.
I let it sit for one hour and the malfunction cleared itself. I got on the highway in comfort mode and all seemed normal. I then gave it some gas and it went back to limp mode.

Has anyone else had this issue recently?

[ozx5]

Originally Posted by elisiX

I was at a dyno day on the weekend and a couple of cars went limp (limited RPM).

Locking and unlocking 3 times reset them from memory.

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Are these bmw x'm cars going limp ??

[hinton]

going to chime in here, i got an x5m 2015 with 33000KM on it, just had it happen about 4 times today. will bring to dealer monday.

in comfort settings seems fine, only when i turn up the settings and run it up to about 5k and shift it will cause the fail.

i have a cel

i read the code p10b2 dealer specific.
gd

[Ehloo]

usually misfire and if you have a piggy back you really dont have much to argue. it could be a sign your spark plugs are getting near its end

[noushy]

Had this happen with mine, cleared after two starts. Seems a glitch with Dinan and temps. I have the Dinan piggy as well. Also ended up with a bad mass air flow sensor.

Noushy