Dynamic Drive Inactive

Hey fellas I'm getting this error and am wondering why. Let me give you some background the car has been sitting for the past 9 months, I had my wife start it and drive it one a week or so, a few months ago it wouldn't start because the battery died so I had my son put the charger on it and harged it for about 24hrs after the charge he started it with no problem then I told him to turn off the battery. So it sat like that for about 9 months today I got home and started it and go this error (image attached) can anyone help me out with this?

I've had that error the past 2 months. I've been lagging on taking it to the dealer. I've read it can be anything from your battery to alternator to something else. I replaced my batter like in Feb or March. If my alternator is bad I figure it would've given out these past 2 months. I should really take it in though...

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Oh ok well I'll take it to them Monday ad see what they tell me.

Originally Posted by gmcclintock

Oh ok well I'll take it to them Monday ad see what they tell me.

Charge your battery and enjoy the car in good health . I have mostly heard of this problem when you have a low battery.

Ok I'll put it on the charger now, however since I had the car I haven't changed the battery so I think it's time. What's the best place to get one?

Charged the battery, but that didn't help. Anymore suggestions?

I just had that error this weekend. Had to reset my steering angle sensor.

Car had lost track of what the values were because I updated firmware on a lot of modules. Think I went to ars or szl to reset it.

Good info MakaveliFaison, however I can't get my INPA/NCSExpert working keeps getting errors. I'm currently trying to get some help

Search is your friend! my guess Alternator, took to dealer, he said its Battery, i said are you sure alt is ok, he said yes, they changed battery, after driving for an hour, came back on, so changed alternator and all works fine now

Tarek?! I haven't heard from you in ages brotha! How have you been?

I had that message a while back & replacing the Alternator fixed it.

jdcraw

Ok guys that sounds like a plan.

Originally Posted by jdcraw

I had that message a while back & replacing the Alternator fixed it.

jdcraw

Originally Posted by Tarek307

Search is your friend! my guess Alternator, took to dealer, he said its Battery, i said are you sure alt is ok, he said yes, they changed battery, after driving for an hour, came back on, so changed alternator and all works fine now

Did you guys get your alternators checked before you got them replaced? if so what was the result, were they putting out the right charge? the reason I ask is because I just got my checked at Autozone and it checked out fine, I have an appointment at the Dealer to get it checked by them but the SA already said he don't think its that.

In my case the battery kept draining. I tickle charged it 3 times & it wouldn't hold. Autozone's analyzer also told me the battery & alt were charging correctly too. I noticed the car was sluggish & hesitant. Then one day out blue it just died. On that day I got the same dydnamic drive message and others. Everything just quit. I towed it to the Stealer who said it was the alt & battery. I asked him to just recharge battery & it ran good for a while. I was also experiencing slow starts and cutoffs at red lights and hesitation. Thats when my Dashsoft tool arrived and a P0492 (i think) code. My Indy told me my hpfp (high pressure fuel pump was bad) Since replacing those I have been riding high!

Originally Posted by jdcraw

In my case the battery kept draining. I tickle charged it 3 times & it wouldn't hold. Autozone's analyzer also told me the battery & alt were charging correctly too. I noticed the car was sluggish & hesitant. Then one day out blue it just died. On that day I got the same dydnamic drive message and others. Everything just quit. I towed it to the Stealer who said it was the alt & battery. I asked him to just recharge battery & it ran good for a while. I was also experiencing slow starts and cutoffs at red lights and hesitation. Thats when my Dashsoft tool arrived and a P0492 (i think) code. My Indy told me my hpfp (high pressure fuel pump was bad) Since replacing those I have been riding high!

Oh ok, I just got dashsoft installed and working but I don't quite know how to use it maybe I'll look around in there to see if I can find an error. Thanks

i think might be as simple as initializing the steering .. good luck dude

^^^samething I was thinking.

Hope you can fix this issue.

This reminds me of something I've been intending to ask: How do I "disable Traction Control"?

~ Big Marcus

I have this same issue as well. Just been living with it for now. Had the battery replaced only a few months ago (BMW shop). Gonna keep an eye on this thread. My car has been doing other random stuff as well(mentioned in this thread "car stuttering at stops, slow to take off, etc")

@TX - its in the idrive menu. I dont know how it shows on the newer cars. But it should have a DTC/DSC buttons. You click them with the idrive selector and they will turn off. Although my DSC is broken, it has been nice doing burn outs, lol

Originally Posted by samadkins29

I have this same issue as well. Just been living with it for now. Had the battery replaced only a few months ago (BMW shop). Gonna keep an eye on this thread. My car has been doing other random stuff as well(mentioned in this thread "car stuttering at stops, slow to take off, etc")

@TX - its in the idrive menu. I dont know how it shows on the newer cars. But it should have a DTC/DSC buttons. You click them with the idrive selector and they will turn off. Although my DSC is broken, it has been nice doing burn outs, lol

Haha!!! Man on 2 separate occasions I was trying to bounce out quickly from a stop and even though I have nice tread, the wheels start to spin and then the car just bogs down. I wanna see what my baby can do! It must can white smoke pretty easily...

~ Big Marcus

Originally Posted by alpinaman24

i think might be as simple as initializing the steering .. good luck dude

Do you know how to do this? because I don't lol.

Do it in inpa in the ars module then hit activate. Then reset steering angle sensor. Thats what fixed mine.

Originally Posted by gmcclintock

Oh ok, I just got dashsoft installed and working but I don't quite know how to use it maybe I'll look around in there to see if I can find an error. Thanks

I followed tips from AceFx, check out his threads & YouTube videos. I think the DME module is where you might want to look. I'm 100% "dont know what-the-heck I'm doing".

iDrive Car settings...Top Left says DTC. highlight and press HOLD iDrive button. for a few seconds. will come up with DSC inactive.