BMW e90 Dashboard ABS, 4x4, Brake, DSC Lights Caused By Faulty Transfer Case Actuator! (Video 3) 

Haha comments like these are why we do it. Love that we were able to help brotha 🍻

Glad you liked the video! Thanks for the kind feedback 🍻

Thanks for the feedback! Glad we were able to help. And I know a lot of people like to flip the bolt after the first service, I’m just a little neurotic and like stuff put back the way it came. Even if it makes no difference it would eat at me lol. -Mike

Not a bad idea!

Yes the 4x4 gets shut off whenever there’s faults in the abs system. -Mike

Damn man, I also have a 2006 325xi, this is my second e90 with vgc servo motor bullshit, its so annoying not being able to rip this thing easily, and this second one has transmission problems with squealing when going into 4th gear. It also died on me today at a red light, went from steady 800 rpm to black out no more electricity anywhere in cabin, dead. Connected a jumper pack, started it, disconnected immediately afterwards and its like nothing happened, running strong again. Except now my turn signals don’t go back to neutral after turning. Am I unlucky or are these cars so fucking delicate??! Ive seen E46s being more reliable but they are underpowered compared to E90 and above

@@imthatguypal_ yeah bro it's all the sensors that's why people code them out and I feel you on not being able to RIP it mines auto and it really hurts me not feeling the awd pull but yeah any old bmw

@@reynoreyno3444 could be a number of things. Any codes?

Could be a number of things. I’d start by looking at the axles. -Mike

He said in the vid bmw dtf1 and just any fluid exchange pump will work

We used ProTool downloaded on an android tablet for this repair. -Mike

Do you hear any drone from the front axle? Or have any air gap codes for a wheel speed sensor? Sometimes when the issue is intermittent it’s actually a wheel bearing wearing and causing a magnetic field that interferes with the Hall effect sensor. Check out our other videos on this topic and scan for codes. Let us know what you find! -Mike

@@bavhaustv9795 that seems more likely to me then a transfer case. Because originally I thought it was speed sensors but my mechanic said they all register and not one was off from the others. He said it could be ecu, then another mechanic said it’s the transfer case and it’ll be over 5k to fix. The front brakes are warped for the second time in a year and a half and the cv axle boot is ripped again. Could a bad wheel bearing cause all that?

@@jehfitt transfercase motor failure is typically a hard failure so I’d be looking elsewhere myself. The transfercase is more than likely not the issue. The code pops up to shut the system off for dozens of reasons. The warped rotor and axle issue are probably not related unless the bearing is extremely bad but I think you’d figure that out if that was the case. Ecu won’t be the problem. Drive the car and listen for a front axle drone and check for air gap codes when the lights for abs/4x4/brake etc pop up. Those codes to first appear are your guide to solving the issue. Don’t scan after long cause the chain reaction of codes will make it a nightmare to diagnose. Even when wheel speed sensors have air gap codes they still may read wheel speed properly.

A snap-on scan tool should have the same options. We use a number of tools including ista, an Autel, and protool among other things.

okay perfect thank you. Planning on buying the part soon and fixing it up with some friends@@bavhaustv9795

You don’t have to drain and fill the actuator but it is recommended. -Mike

@@bavhaustv9795 thank you!

Should be under maintenance, drivetrain, VTG -Mike

Tried to do it , it won’t let me

Haha we know plenty of people who do this. There’s more than likely nothing wrong with reinstalling it backwards but we tend to put everything back exactly how we found it. Who knows if/what engineering concerns there may have been placing it the other way. It was more than likely an oversight but it wasn’t fixed and oriented the other way on later chassis so we continued putting them back in the stock directly just so there’s no potential liability. -Mike

omfg 🤦 i just checked out my transfer case today and thought about putting that bolt in backwards but didn’t. now i see this comment

@@jordynharris445 yeah it’s definitely easier lol