I was hoping someone could give me some suggestions on my problem. I was driving around 30-45mph on a highway and hit a massive pothole with both my left front and rear wheels. Biggest pothole I ever hit, I mean it was tremendous. The second after the impact my electronics died, my mph gauge sat at 0mph, my fuel gauge stopped properly reporting gas, my analog mpg gauge stopped working, my abs, brake, and DSC lights all turned on.
I had my shop try to diagnos the problem but they couldnt find anything wrong with the electronics. When I went to the BMW dealership they said I had a bent rim, and a bent control arm. I've had both bent before so I know what that drives like, but in this case my regular shop which is usually more competent didnt find either problem. The BMW dealership is telling me that because the wheel is off axis the computer is failing, which I find a bit far fetched since my friends Z4 has a very bent control arm so that his wheel visibly wobbles a lot but his electronics are fine. In my case you cant even see a wobble but my electronics are all out of wack.
The only sensible thing I heard so far was my friend who told me that the wheel sesnor may have gotten knocked out, but I dont know anything about the sensors to really tell if thats a possible cause. I've been driving with the electronics dead and maybe 3% of the time they actually do work. Like the lights go off and the gauges report everything fine, then after a bit of driving they all die.
Anyway, any suggestions I would greatly appreciate.
It's a 2000 328Ci btw.
Thx
I had my shop try to diagnos the problem but they couldnt find anything wrong with the electronics. When I went to the BMW dealership they said I had a bent rim, and a bent control arm. I've had both bent before so I know what that drives like, but in this case my regular shop which is usually more competent didnt find either problem. The BMW dealership is telling me that because the wheel is off axis the computer is failing, which I find a bit far fetched since my friends Z4 has a very bent control arm so that his wheel visibly wobbles a lot but his electronics are fine. In my case you cant even see a wobble but my electronics are all out of wack.
The only sensible thing I heard so far was my friend who told me that the wheel sesnor may have gotten knocked out, but I dont know anything about the sensors to really tell if thats a possible cause. I've been driving with the electronics dead and maybe 3% of the time they actually do work. Like the lights go off and the gauges report everything fine, then after a bit of driving they all die.
Anyway, any suggestions I would greatly appreciate.
It's a 2000 328Ci btw.
Thx
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