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    Need help with electrical issue

    When driving, the car will randomly pop a handful of codes. Theylll all come up together, and they will randomly disappear together. The infotainment screen shows the following faults:
    Dynamic Drive Inactive!
    Brake/Drive fault
    Service Engine Soon
    Parking brake fault
    Servotronic malfunction.

    I'm thinking and hoping it's a bad ground, though I didnt see anything lose. I'm gonna disconnect the battery to reset the PCM, but I want to see if anyone else has any thoughts. I had the following codes pulled:
    P0492
    P0491
    P0500
    P1721
    P0128.

    Any help would be appreciated. I'm mechanically inclined, but im not too sure what to do next.

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    It basically turns off the power steering. Takes a decent amount of effort to turn at lower speeds, which is the only running issue that comes up. It runs fine otherwise when the codes are up.

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    First, P-codes are useless. Get a real BMW scanner. Second, any codes are useless without a description to accompany it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by White94RX View Post
    First, P-codes are useless. Get a real BMW scanner. Second, any codes are useless without a description to accompany it.
    Got a recommendation on a good one with live data? With this car, I might as well buy one.

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    I don't have any experience with anything other than BMW factory dealership tools. But maybe someone else can chime in. I use ISTA.

    Carly, Foxwell I think is one. There's a few

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