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7 Series (E23, E32, E38, E65, E66)General discussion and technical help for all year 7 series cars.
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Your Ride: 00' 528i
740iL Hhelp! it won't start EWS? starter? what's wrong?
Hi everyone,
i did a couple of stops yestarday as usual,i was ready to go home, and my '97 740iL wouldn't start. The interior electronics seemed to work fine. Tried jumping in but nothing so i had to tow it home. I put the fault code tool in and I got a EWS Input fault code, in the manual it says EWS= Drive Away Protection (Alarm System), how does it relate to the car not starting?...I thought maybe it's the starter, i took that out and hooked to a battery and it seems to work fine. So, what is wong? a relay? fuse? anyone knows what is going on with my car, what should i do?
all help very much appriciated
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question....
Is your car trying to turn over or doing nothing at all when you turn the key????
thanks
btw if it is ews that means there is an issue with the computer reading the key. if you do an overall search(google, even m5board.com) you will find that there is a way to reset the key/computer connection using the trunk release button on your key.. so fuel test, spark test and testing starting is unnecessary if it is anews problem....
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Your Ride: 740 e38
i have an e38 740i ,when the abs light wont stay on for a few secs on start up thre the second stage in the ignition the car will turn over bet will not fire.if the abs light stays lit for a second the car will start no probs.when you turn the key thru the 2nd stage of the ignition the light flicks thru but wont stay on for that 1 second.tempremental as all hell can go for days without fault then you cud be there for an hour flicking the key thru to start help......some say ews others say dry joint abs
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Originally Posted by seadog46
i have an e38 740i ,when the abs light wont stay on for a few secs on start up thre the second stage in the ignition the car will turn over bet will not fire.if the abs light stays lit for a second the car will start no probs.when you turn the key thru the 2nd stage of the ignition the light flicks thru but wont stay on for that 1 second.tempremental as all hell can go for days without fault then you cud be there for an hour flicking the key thru to start help......some say ews others say dry joint abs
WTF???? Man I would like to help you(since this forum does not have any form of help) but i do not understand you.... Please make it a bit clearer and I will try to help you out...
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thnx a bunch,when i put the key in the ignition and turn it on the abs little moutain lite flicks on then straight off,then if you turn the engine over it wont start,if i turn the key and the abs light stays on for a second the car will start.i can hear a switch in the ews under the glovebox ckicking on and then off.i think the car goes thru a passive check before start up to make sure everything is working before it will start.all i know is that if that wee moutain lite doesnt remain on the car will turn over but not start.
05-18-2009, 04:27 PM
740iL Hhelp! it won't start EWS? starter? what's wrong?
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