Thanks for sharing this info. I am really looking forward to seeing your step-by-step rebuild, and what related parts/repairs are needed as you dig into the rebuild (gaskets, etc..). Be safe out there, it looks icy!

I like the fact that you are brave enough to post here the issue you have been having with the car so we the viewer doesn't have to.

Good luck friend! I've been following your channel long time. Learning a lot before I get my first M3 E92. Keep up the good job!

Hello there. It’s all fixed. Finished at 5pm wow. The dealer, I just laughed when they said 900.00 dollars. I fixed it for 100.00 dollar. Did my own diagnostics, swapped coils from 2 to 1 bank. Replaced the number 2 coil. Plugs were ok. Man our life as BMW owners is real. I knew what I was getting into when I purchased, but I fell in love when I looked at. Good or bad, I have to put money into it, and fix it my self. It’s our life lol.

Good to see you back at it again. I'll be happy if I can get 150k miles out of it like you did.

Welcome back my friend, Glad to see you shooting again. I live in south Texas so i completely understand not wanting to go out in the cold since you moved from AZ. Hope you keep uploading and keep them coming when you can. Peace

Mine just went out in Bank 1 and I am glad I am still able to drive around safely. I'm just going to order the whole actuator and not try to replace the gears.

Good video, I would change the title to how to tell whats wrong when in limp mode. Because you give a lot more info thats important and most people kinda know what it looks like.

good luck on the repair

Thank you. This is informative

Thank you my x1 this morning did exactly the same thing than turned it back on and it seemed like it went away I thought maybe it’ was the egr valve fingers crossed on what it is brother

Got this error last night on a long drive back from the city. I was pushing the limit racing an f80 160 mph. The f80 got smoked, and so did my actuators. RIP

Would be great to see a diy install of the actuators.

Talk about luck, I called around only one advanced auto had OEM Bosch. Back to work in the morning. No more hard pulls lol. Just driving slow. I’m thinking the timing chain soon, at 97.902 miles. Will do a complete tune up soon. Just couldn’t be out in this cold in Boston winter lol. I wish I had a garage.

Great video.. must’ve said “alright” about a million times 😂😂

Nice education vid bro. May i know what model is your obd scanner?

When limp mode is on, cool the car temperature down and then it will drive ok, until engine gets hit again

My 2008 BMW X5 4.8i sport, premium and winter package. The check engine light just came on today because I did a hard pull from a stop light. The engine lights light up like it was Christmas lol. It has 97,869 miles. I knew it lol. It’s being a BMW owner. That’s life. Sending the black beauty off on Monday for service.

Every BMW owner needs a OBD2 code reader lol. I purchased one today. P0302 misfire. I have a P0071 Ambient air temperature sensor range/ performance. I hope it’s just the plug or the coil. By the way, great video.

I have a bmw 335i n54 loss of power what is the problem its gone very slow what is the problem

Wondering what they were thinking when they decided to use plastic gears. Otherwise this engine is a masterpiece but damn that was a dumb call.

Fix her brother! God Speed!!!

Hey brother I strolled down the comments , I noticed somebody asking if a non turbo e90 could going into limp mode, if not? my car is at 70000 what would you recommend doing to it to take care of best way possible to avoid major damage on my vehicle??

Can you drive a car with bad actuators? like obviously, id get it fixed as soon as possible, but say I'm just busy with school and don't have time but still need to get around, is that possible?

liquid molly is a good oil I use that in my m5

When I first bought my M3, a week later it went into limp mode. Got the engine malfunction and increased emissions warning, rpm went to 4500, and the car idled extremely rough. Got scared. I shut the car off and waited 5 minutes. Turned it back on and it went away and never happened again. This was back in September.

I have an 09 e90, mine only does that while at idle for more than 5 min.. any suggestions? I restart the car and it's fine. 92xxx miles

Did you only change bank 2? Ive seen some varying opinions where should change both if one bank goes

How do I know if it's the gear that needs replacing or the computer chip itself within the actuator needs replacing?

Ouch,having this now, 183k miles original everything. 2011 e92///M3 s65

Help needed my bmw 325i NO POWER TO THE CAR BUT DRIVES FINE BUT JUST NO PICK UP POWER AND REVS WONT GO OVER 4 revs NO lights what so ever now and again the traction control come on when driving ANY IDEAS PLEASE

Just happened to me as well. Not sure what it is as I don’t have a reader for BMW yet but got engine malfunction light, service engine soon light, increased emissions as well as cruise control fault. Yay

why did that limp mode happen? does that happen to regular 328i E90?

And sometimes it doesn't go off that limo that's a headache I can only tell you the only route the only way you can get clear of it if you were driving back up to clear it with your scanner turn off the car and turn it back on and it will clear will give you the whole horsepower I have that I would my laptop and one of my M3 I mean is not the best way to get around it but who wants to drive 10 miles an hours or 20 miles an hour home when there's no traffic right so I mean if the troll actuators are bad or the gears are bad every doesn't hurt the car to just reset the vehicle because it's just a code goes to the computer once you reset it your get your horsepowers all back even know it didn't we had a horse power before once you reset it it does go back to normal it's just a quick way to get around it to get home

i had something like this happen once and then it went away when i turned the car off and on. i have a manual car though so its a little different (E-90) . BTW i only have 55k miles so its very unusual at that mileage but anyhow it went away and never happened again. maybe something got screwed up with the way it started up?

What if my m3 went into limp mode and all of my lights came on Except for the Czech Injun light

How much the m3 cost to own it, maintenance, service, parts costs, fuel?

Limp mode is not fun. Had it happen when my thermostat went bad. Car shut off in the middle of spirited driving with people behind me

That's happened to my 328i last night. While I sat in my car and suddenly, it starts vibrating and I turned the car off and turn it back on. The big engine light disappear turn it off, after 4 hours I got back to the car and drive the shit out of it like 100mph, and no issues so what can be the reason for that?

can you explain what increased emissions is!

What kind of scanner do you use?

I got the same problem with mine M5

You still have this bmw or you sold it

I have a 530I BMW and it won't go out of park I'll tell brake switch on it 97 brake switch transmission dry modeling can anybody tell me what's going on with my car thank you

my 2009 M3 had kinda the same thing go on, except I wasn't able to shift into any gear. I loaded a video if your interested

just got a big brake kit from stoptech front and back

I get the half power light and loss of power.. I turn the car off... turn back on.. power restored. It's awesome!! not.

Hi RDDC hey brother I need your help I have a problem with my trodel actuators gears they are ok to reprogram the actuators but the Mecanic is saying that he doesn't recommend me to change the gears he is telling me to change. The actuators instead of fixing them what do you recommend my actuators are taking the coding

An X in Roman numerals is 10. So, is E9X supposed to be E90 is slang? Because it really means E910.

one guy i know went to a shop and they told him he needed actuators and they didn't need that at all and they didn't even scan the obc. and they went to the dealer and got a cheaper price then this shop

Damn limp mode can happen for so many reasons. My turbos shut off and it jumps to 3rd gear. My fix was a turbo vacuum hose that was cracked... smh

What if my car HAS NO SCREAN!!

damn bro endless money pit

Hopefully you sold it. It's not worth the repairs after 150,000.

You and your car are wired

Look up my instagram you'll see it at the bottom Mpire_Performance

Here's a diy guide too (good luck): www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=735033

As shit

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