Abs, brake triangle light on (pic) please help

Kraz43series · 11-08-2015, 10:40 PM

So I just bought a 2006 BMW 325xi with 127,000 miles. Today as I left the driveway and I hit the brakes the triad of lights came on. Then I made a left going downhill and the car just started to skid. I have a 90 day warranty on the car. My question is what do these lights mean and can I take this car to my Indy mechanic because I'm more comfortable with him

Thank you

Efthreeoh · 11-09-2015, 05:15 AM

Have the car scanned with a BMW scan tool that reads BMW trouble codes (not this is not an OBDII reader). It looks like a wheel speed sensor went bad. A scan of the car will tell you which one.

Kraz43series · 11-09-2015, 05:31 PM

Thank you. I'm dropped it off tomorrow night at my Indy mechanic and he'll look at it Wednesday. I did some research I just hope it's not the actuator transfer unit motor. I hear it's pretty pricey

fun2drive · 11-10-2015, 08:58 PM

At 127K miles the transfer case should have been changed multiple times. That transfer case is only 0.6L of special BMW fluid and if not a steering angle sensor, wheel sensor or ABS module that only leaves the transfer case actuator. Once you get past this have the diff changed and the trans fluid changed too because fluids are the life of these cars...

11-08-2015, 10:40 PM	#1
Kraz43series New Member 1 Rep 20 Posts Drives: 2006 325xi Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	Abs, brake triangle light on (pic) please help So I just bought a 2006 BMW 325xi with 127,000 miles. Today as I left the driveway and I hit the brakes the triad of lights came on. Then I made a left going downhill and the car just started to skid. I have a 90 day warranty on the car. My question is what do these lights mean and can I take this car to my Indy mechanic because I'm more comfortable with him Thank you Attached Images
	Appreciate 0 Tweet Quote

11-09-2015, 05:15 AM	#2
Efthreeoh General 17314 Rep 18,737 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Have the car scanned with a BMW scan tool that reads BMW trouble codes (not this is not an OBDII reader). It looks like a wheel speed sensor went bad. A scan of the car will tell you which one. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-09-2015, 05:31 PM	#3
Kraz43series New Member 1 Rep 20 Posts Drives: 2006 325xi Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	Thank you. I'm dropped it off tomorrow night at my Indy mechanic and he'll look at it Wednesday. I did some research I just hope it's not the actuator transfer unit motor. I hear it's pretty pricey
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-10-2015, 08:58 PM	#4
fun2drive BMWCCA 149159 38 Rep 847 Posts Drives: 13 128i Vert/ 14 JGC Diesel Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida Panhandle iTrader: (1)	At 127K miles the transfer case should have been changed multiple times. That transfer case is only 0.6L of special BMW fluid and if not a steering angle sensor, wheel sensor or ABS module that only leaves the transfer case actuator. Once you get past this have the diff changed and the trans fluid changed too because fluids are the life of these cars...
	Appreciate 0 Quote