[bmwizgoat]

Started my car up today and it sounded odd, a little choppy. Then I got a notification saying drivetrain malfunction, drive moderately. Anyways about 5 minutes later I made a quick stop and got back in the car and I didn't have the warning come up. Any ideas what it was? Should I still take it in? By the way it's been about -25 for 3 weeks here not sure Is this would do anything

[bmwizgoat]

By the way I have no mods or tunes

[Anthony1s]

I had the same thing happen the first drive I got my car back from the dealership getting bodywork repairs. I went back to the dealership ASAP and told them, they said I had to setup an appt on Monday because the guy that does that is out until then. So I leave, go back to my car, started it up, and the error was gone. Never to return.

[bmwizgoat]

Originally Posted by Anthony1s

I had the same thing happen the first drive I got my car back from the dealership getting bodywork repairs. I went back to the dealership ASAP and told them, they said I had to setup an appt on Monday because the guy that does that is out until then. So I leave, go back to my car, started it up, and the error was gone. Never to return.

The thing is on the dash by the speedo it still shows a yellow engine light, but in idrive it doesn't say anything in notifications or vehicle status

[Anthony1s]

Originally Posted by bmwizgoat

The thing is on the dash by the speedo it still shows a yellow engine light, but in idrive it doesn't say anything in notifications or vehicle status

Ah, mine never had a engine light on. It had the yellow exclamation triangle in the dash and the drivetrain malfunction warning on the idrive screen and went into limp mode. Maybe the event triggered a check engine light and that is remaining on. I would get the code read and cleared and see if it pops up again. If it does, then worry about it and diagnose further.

[M-Supra]

Originally Posted by bmwizgoat

Started my car up today and it sounded odd, a little choppy. Then I got a notification saying drivetrain malfunction, drive moderately. Anyways about 5 minutes later I made a quick stop and got back in the car and I didn't have the warning come up. Any ideas what it was? Should I still take it in? By the way it's been about -25 for 3 weeks here not sure Is this would do anything

"Drivetrain Malfunction" can pop up for any number of reasons, its a self protection mode for the car if it doesn't think something is right. I've had it pop up from driving aggressively, plugs needing to be changed, and dirty fuel injectors. You simply need to stop car, turn all the way off and re-fire to get car out of limp mode...unless you have something major going on, which is highly unlikely.

[x7289155]

Originally Posted by bmwizgoat

The thing is on the dash by the speedo it still shows a yellow engine light, but in idrive it doesn't say anything in notifications or vehicle status

if you have a check engine light, it should be simple to find out what it is. just scan it at any automotive parts store. most of them allow you to scan your vehicle for free